Xcell Journal

The Authoritative Journal for Programmable Logic Users
Issue 56 : Bright Ideas for Better Designs

Welcome

• What's New?
  Editorial by Forrest Couch, Publisher, Xcell Publications.

Articles

• Capturing Data from Gigasample Analog-to-Digital Converters
  Interfacing National Semiconductor’s ADC08D1500 to the Virtex-4 FPGA allows quick-start customer application development.
• Packet Subsystem on a Chip
  Teja’s packet-engine technology integrates all of the key aspects of a flexible packet processor.
• Designing Reconfigurable Computing Solutions
  The Virtex family of FPGAs is the foundation for Cray XD1 high-performance co-processing solutions.
• Integrating Security Services into Network Equipment
  Using Sensory Networks’ NodalCore technology, Virtex-4 FPGAs can solve the design challenge of integrating high-performance security acceleration to cope with continually evolving network threats.
• Designing for Power Budgets and Effective Thermal Management
  Xilinx provides the critical edge with power-optimized FPGAs, thermal-efficient packaging, and power analysis tools.
• Leveraging Programmability in Electronic System-Level Designs
  You gain productivity and accuracy with platform-based design and programmable platforms.
• Successful DDR2 Design
  Mentor Graphics highlights design issues and solutions for DDR2, the latest trend in memory design.
• Implementing High-Performance Memory Interfaces with Virtex-4 FPGAs
  You can center-align clock-to-read data at “run time” with ChipSync technology.
• FPGA-Based Solutions for Storage-Area Networks
  Xilinx FPGAs provide a solid foundation for value-add software.
• Generating Efficient Board Support Packages
  The Xilinx Platform Studio toolset enables quick and easy BSP generation for Virtex FPGAs with immersed PowerPC processors.
• Optimizing Embedded Systems for Broadband 10 Gigabit
  FPGA technology is revolutionizing broadband systems development.
• Board Design Panacea
  The 7Circuits tool algorithmically solves FPGA pinout problems and synthesizes PC board schematics.
• Operating a NAND Flash Device Through an FPGA
  You can use FPGAs to access mass storage with NAND Flash.
• Unveiling Nova
  Using a single Virtex-II Pro FPGA to create a reprogrammable video switching system.
• High Definition, Low Bandwidth
  Implementing a high-definition H.264 codec solution with a single Xilinx FPGA.

Product Reference

• All
• Virtex-4 FPGAs
• Spartan-3 FPGAs and Platform Flash
• CPLDs
• ISE Software

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