PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DESIGN: QUICK START HANDBOOK • CHAPTER 2

The Ultimate Connectivity Platform

The first programmable device to combine embedded processors along with 3.125 Gbps transceivers, the Virtex-II Pro™ series of FPGAs addresses all existing connectivity requirements as well as the emerging high-speed interface standards.

Xilinx RocketIO™ transceivers offer a complete serial interface solution, supporting 10 Gigabit Ethernet with XAUI, 3GIO, and SerialATA, among others. Our SelectIO™-Ultra technology supports 840 Mbps LVDS and high-speed single-ended standards such as XSBI and SFI-4.

The Power of Integration

In a single off-the-shelf programmable device, you can take advantage of microprocessors, the highest density of on-chip memory, multi-gigabit serial transceivers, digital clock managers, on-chip termination, and more. The result is a dramatic simplification of board layout, a reduced bill of materials, and unbeatable time to market.

Enabling a New Development Paradigm

For the first time, you can partition and repartition your systems between hardware and software at any time during the development cycle – even after the product has shipped.

This means you can optimize the overall system, guaranteeing your performance target in the most cost-efficient manner. You can also debug hardware and software simultaneously at speed.

Industry-Leading Tools

Optimized for the PowerPC, Wind River Systems's industry-proven embedded tools are the premier support for real-time microprocessor and logic designs. Driving the Virtex-II Pro FPGA is the Xilinx lightning-fast ISE software, the most comprehensive, easy-to-use development system available.

Virtex FPGAs

The Xilinx Virtex series was the first line of FPGAs to offer one million system gates. Introduced in 1998, the Virtex product line fundamentally redefined programmable logic by expanding the traditional capabilities of FPGAs to include a powerful set of features that address board level problems for high performance system designs.

The latest devices in the Virtex-E series, unveiled in 1999, offer more than three million system gates.

Virtex-EM devices, introduced in 2000 and the first FPGAs to be manufactured using an advanced copper process, offer additional on-chip memory for network switch applications

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