Xilinx Virtex-5 Family and PlanAhead Software Honored for Design Innovation
Industry's First 65nm FPGAs and Design Planning and Analysis Tool Finalists in Prestigious Industry Awards
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), the world's leading supplier of programmable logic solutions today announced that its 65nm Virtex(TM)-5 family of Platform FPGAs and its PlanAhead(TM) 8.2 design planning and analysis software have been named finalists in two prestigious industry award competitions.
Introduced in May 2006, the 65nm Virtex-5 family of high-performance FPGAs is a finalist in the EE Times ACE Awards "Ultimate Product" category. The Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrates the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global industry and shape the world we live in. Winners are selected by more than 3500 unique votes from a pool of registered users and will be announced at an awards gala April 3, 2007 at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif.
Xilinx PlanAhead 8.2 design and analysis software is a finalist in the DesignCon 2007 DesignVision awards in the category of "Structured/Platform ASIC, FPGA, and PLD Design Tools." The intuitive hierarchical design and analysis solution was selected among a record number of competing products and technologies by independent industry experts representing the International Engineering Consortium (IEC). Giving tribute to pioneering developments judged as the most beneficial to the design engineering community, this year's IEC Technical Program Committee consisted of 96 of the industry's top thought leaders. The DesignVision Awards program recognizes new technologies, applications, products and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the industry.
IEC President John Janowiak commented, "Our DesignVision Awards honor those catalyzing positive change in high-technology, business, and academia, completely in line with the IEC's mission. We are delighted to recognize our DesignVision Finalists and share the best design advancements and innovators with the entire industry."
About Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs
Built upon the industry's most advanced 65nm triple-oxide technology, breakthrough new ExpressFabric technology and proven ASMBL(TM) architecture, the Virtex-5 family represents the fifth generation in the award-winning Virtex product line. Key design team innovations in process technology, architecture and product development methodology have led to unprecedented performance and density gains with Virtex-5 FPGAs while consuming 45 percent less area than previous generation 90nm FPGAs. Initial shipments of the Virtex-5 LX Platform began this year with future platforms to follow. For more information visit xilinx.com/virtex5 .
About Xilinx PlanAhead Software
Xilinx PlanAhead design and analysis software streamlines the steps between synthesis and place-and-route to give designers more control and insight into how designs are implemented to achieve design targets with fewer design iterations. Leveraging the unique advantages of its Virtex-5 ExpressFabric(TM) technology, 550 MHz DSP48E slices, and flexible clock management tiles, PlanAhead 8.2 delivers unprecedented levels of performance. Used in conjunction with the Xilinx Integrated Software Environment (ISE(TM)) design tools, PlanAhead 8.2 software delivers a two-speed grade performance and cost advantage over competing offerings. Customers can try PlanAhead software by downloading a free 30-day evaluation at xilinx.com/planahead .
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com .
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