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Xilinx is Processing at ESC Silicon Valley 2007

   Xilinx is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions. (PRNewsFoto)

SAN JOSE, CA USA
     What: Xilinx showcases XtremeDSP and Embedded Processing Solutions
       Where: McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, Calif., Booth #724
                       When: April 1 - April 5, 2007

    SAN JOSE, Calif., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX)
today announced that its full range of embedded processing and
XtremeDSP(TM) solutions, including new silicon and software products
debuted for the first time, will be showcased at the Embedded Systems
Conference (ESC) in Silicon Valley. Featured events include hands-on
workshops, technical presentations and product demonstrations.
    (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGO)
    An ESC attendee favorite, the Xilinx-hosted workshops enable designers
to experience first-hand the power and flexibility of Xilinx Virtex(TM) and
Spartan(TM) Platform FPGAs for embedded system and DSP applications.
Industry experts from Xilinx and its ecosystem partners are also presenting
ESC technical sessions on multi-processor architectures, reconfigurability
for embedded system development, high-speed communication protocols, and
high-performance DSP design.
    Pre-Register Now for Free, Hands-On Workshops
    Due to the overwhelming popularity of the Xilinx workshops, ESC
attendees are urged to sign-up in advance for the 90-minute workshops.
Contact Xilinx via the website below or visit the Xilinx registration desk
at ESC booth #724 to be added to the onsite waitlist:
http://www.xilinx.com/events/esc07/workshops.htm
    -- Build Customized DSP/Microprocessing Systems Tailored for Your
       Application

       Video over Ethernet (VOE) IP camera system design
       implemented with Xilinx MicroBlaze(TM) soft processor and System
       Generator for DSP design suite.  Tuesday, April 3rd at 9:00 am, 12:30
       pm, 2:30 pm & 4:30 pm

    -- Build Custom MicroBlaze Processing System and uClinux Kernel in
       Minutes

       MicroBlaze hardware system targeted for networking applications using
       Xilinx Platform Studio tool suite. Free giveaway drawing at each
       session. Wednesday, April 4th at 10:00 am, 12 noon, 2:00 pm & 4:00 pm

    -- Implement PowerPC System with Floating Point Co-Processor On Virtex-4
       FX FPGA

       PowerPC(TM) system with floating point coprocessor created using Xilinx
       Platform Studio design suite.  Free giveaway drawing at each
       session.  Thursday, April 5th at 9:00 am, 11:00 am & 1:00 pm

    In-Booth Theater Presentations Every 30 Minutes
    Informative theatre-style presentations in Xilinx booth #724 with
special guest speakers, including Jeff Bier of Berkeley Design Technology,
Inc.
    -- Why Xilinx "IS" Processing
    -- New XtremeDSP Solutions from Xilinx
    -- How to Build an Embedded System in Just 15 Minutes
    -- Developing a uClinux and Soft Processing Systems
    -- Embedded Systems Fast Through Advanced Modularity

    Product Demonstrations in Xilinx Booth #724
    -- New XtremeDSP Solution Targets WiMAX Applications
    -- XtremeDSP-Powered Surveillance Solutions
    -- Configurable Dual PowerPC Processors Expand Embedded Performance
    -- Flexible MicroBlaze Microcontroller Solution
    -- Integrated and Scalable High-Performance Programmable PCI Express(R)
       Solutions
    -- Award-winning Embedded and Digital Signal Processing Design
       Environments

    Technical Conference Papers
    -- Introduction to VHDL
       ESC-130: 4/2, 1:00pm-4:30pm, Avnet

    -- Using FPGAs as Coprocessors for DSP and Image Processing
       ESC-263: 4/3, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Impulse Accelerated Technologies

    -- Designing with Dynamically Reconfigurable FPGAs
       ESC-264: 4/3, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Xilinx

    -- System Integration and Interfacing to High-Speed Serial Protocols with
       FPGAs
       ESC-302: 4/4, 8:30am-10:00am, Xilinx

    -- Prototyping and System Design with FPGAs, Part 1
       ESC-342: 4/4, 2:00pm-3:30pm, Avnet

    -- Prototyping and System Design with FPGAs, Part 2
       ESC-362: 4/4, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Avnet

    -- Reconfigurable Accelerated Computing: A Software Programming Approach
       ESC-360: 4/4, 4:30pm-6:00pm, Celoxica

    -- Shop Talk - Embedded Processing in FPGAs
       ST-3: 4/5, 7:15am-8:15am

    -- Accelerating System Performance with FPGA-Centric Hybrid
       Multi-Processing
       ESC-446: 4/5, 2:00pm-3:30pm, Xilinx

    World-Class Xilinx Embedded Ecosystem
    -- Celoxica (Booth #1438)
       RCHTX acceleration board with Xilinx Virtex-4 devices implements
       co-processing user logic and system communication interfaces.

    -- CriticalBlue (Booth #1926)
       Cascade tool accelerates embedded software by generating programmable,
       application-optimized coprocessors with Xilinx Virtex and Spartan FPGAs

    -- Lauterbach (Booth #2138)
       Trace32 debugger demonstration running on Xilinx Virtex-4 FX12 platform

    -- LynuxWorks (Booth #1330)
       Embedded Linux 2.6 solutions for PowerPC and MicroBlaze processing
       designs

    -- Mentor Graphics (Booth #1708)
       Nucleus/EDGE IDE demo running on Xilinx Platform FPGA

    #0750

    Editorial Contact:
    Lisa Washington
    Xilinx, Inc.
    408-626-6272
    lisa.washington@xilinx.com


SOURCE Xilinx, Inc.




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    CONTACT:
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