PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC DESIGN: QUICK START HANDBOOK • CHAPTER 2

CONNECTIVITY CENTRAL

The industry is moving from parallel to serial I/O. By using serial I/O, you can reduce system cost through fewer pins, cheaper PCBs, smaller connectors, lower EMI, better signal integrity, and noise immunity. In addition, serial I/O simplifies your system design and provides scalable bandwidth.

Our dedicated Serial Tsunami Solutions web portal is a one-stop shop for the latest design resources to enable serial design success.

Terabit networks (among other applications) require high-bandwidth system interconnect technology. The Xilinx SystemIO solution provides complete connectivity for high-performance applications, utilizing a combination of the FPGA physical interface, compliant IP cores, design tools, and partnerships.

Networking and Datapath Products

By using the Xilinx SystemIO networking IP cores and reference designs, you can quickly build your edge and core routers, layer2/3+

switches, optical cross connects, and LANs, WANs, and MANs.

Control Plane and Backplane Products

Building on our PCI IP leadership, we are also providing IP cores for more system interconnectivity standards, including PCI Express, PCI-X, Cardbus, and RapidIO.

HIGH-SPEED DESIGN RESOURCES

Xilinx Virtex-II series Platform FPGAs are the ideal solution for building high-performance designs. In addition, Xilinx provides a variety of system tools, reference designs, and application notes for help with your high-speed designs.

SIGNAL INTEGRITY TOOLS

Building a working system today requires knowing a great deal more than just logic design. The documents and links in this area will help you design a reliable PC board quickly.

PARTNERSHIPS

Xilinx works with other networking industry leaders to provide you with a complete connectivity solution, including device interoperability testing, thirdparty IP, and design services.

SIGNAL INTEGRITY

Building a working system today requires you to know more than just Boolean logic and HDL code. The documents and links in this area are designed to give you everything you need to achieve reliable PCB designs on the first try.

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