Solution Uses Alpha Data's ADM XPL Board to Implement the RapidIO Processor
Solution
BOSTON, ESC Boston 2002, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ --
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) and Agilent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: A) today
announced that the companies will demonstrate the world's first PowerPC
processor with a RapidIO(TM) interface at the Embedded Systems Conference
(ESC) being held at the Boston Hynes Convention Center, Booth #411, from Nov.
19 to 20, 2002. Developed in collaboration with Agilent and Alpha Data, a
member of Xilinx XPERTS Program, the demonstration includes the Xilinx(R)
LogicCORE(TM) Physical Layer RapidIO core and processor buffer designed to
connect the core to the PowerPC bus embedded into the Xilinx Virtex-II Pro(TM)
FPGA.
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Today's news underscores the benefits of the collaboration between Xilinx
and Agilent to provide customers with robust and fully tested tools for
developing programmable systems and high-speed interconnect solutions such as
RapidIO, SPI-4.2, and PCI Express. In October, Xilinx and Agilent also
announced the successful integration of the Xilinx ChipScope Pro tool with
Agilent's trace core and FPGA trace port analyzer to cut costs and time of
programmable in-circuit system design.
"The demonstration shows how RapidIO technology can provide seamless
connectivity for next-generation networks and embedded systems," said Sam
Fuller, president of the RapidIO Trade Association. "Collaboration between
leading companies, like this one with Agilent, Alpha Data and Xilinx, will
help to accelerate the industry-wide adoption of RapidIO technology and help
satisfy the ever-increasing need for bandwidth to enable highly scalable next
generation multiprocessing systems."
"Xilinx continues to meet market needs for emerging interconnect
standards," said Ron Nersesian, vice president and general manager of
Agilent's Design Verification Unit. "Agilent continues to work closely with
Xilinx, the market leader for FPGAs, to provide customers with robust bus
analysis solutions for standards such as Rapid I/O, SPI-4.2, Serial ATA, PCI
Express and other high-speed interconnects."
"We are extremely pleased to work with Agilent and Alpha Data to
demonstrate the capability of our Virtex-II Pro FPGAs and RapidIO solution,"
said Sandeep Vij, vice president of worldwide marketing at Xilinx. "The proven
hardware demonstration will help our mutual customers substantially reduce
time-to-market for high-performance and low latency applications such as
network control planes, DSP traffic aggregation and enterprise storage channel
processing."
About the Demonstration
The demonstration shows the Virtex-II Pro embedded PowerPC processor with
a tightly integrated RapidIO interface using Alpha Data's ADM XPL development
board for the RapidIO processor solution and the Xilinx Benelux XLVDS board to
implement the RapidIO endpoint solution. RapidIO packets are transmitted over
an 8-bit 500 Mbps RapidIO link. The demonstration implements integer math
performed by the embedded PowerPC and transfers it over the RapidIO link. An
Agilent 16700 Logic Analyzer configured with the RapidIO Test Module software
is used to verify the RapidIO protocol and eye diagram of the data stream. For
more information about the demonstration, visit:
http://www.xilinx.com/company/reference_design/alphadata.htm.
License Price and Availability
The RapidIO 8-bit port Physical Layer interface and Transport/Logical
Layer interface cores are available now as LogiCORE(TM) products under the
terms of SignOnce(TM) IP license and are priced at $15,000 and $10,000
respectively. The RapidIO product also includes the processor buffer design to
connect the RapidIO endpoint to the PowerPC CoreConnect PLB(TM). For more
information and to purchase the Virtex-II Pro FPGA, visit
http://www.xilinx.com/platform. Complete information about the core and Xilinx
connectivity solutions is available at http://www.xilinx.com/connectivity.
Xilinx Reference Design Alliance Program
The Xilinx Reference Design Alliance Program
(http://www.xilinx.com/reference_design) builds partnerships with industry leading
semiconductor and design companies to develop reference designs for
accelerating product development and improving time-to-market. The reference
design boards are ideal for a wide variety of electronic systems, including
networking, communications, video imaging, DSP, optical interface, and
emerging market applications.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. is a global technology leader in communications,
electronics and life sciences. The company's 37,000 employees serve customers
in more than 120 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $8.4 billion in fiscal
year 2001. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at
http://www.agilent.com.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions.
For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com.
SOURCE Xilinx, Inc.
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