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Xilinx Launches New Era Of Digital Design In Aerospace And Defense With Introduction Of QPRO Virtex-II FamilyUp to six million gate radiation-tolerant Platform FPGA family drives next-generation, mission-critical Space, Avionics and Defense applications SAN JOSE, Calif., May 10, 2004 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), the world leader in programmable logic solutions, today announced the immediate availability of its QPRO Virtex-II radiation-tolerant reconfigurable Platform FPGA family. Offering densities of up to six million system gates and high performance system features such as high performance embedded block RAM, embedded multipliers, Digital Clock Manager, and integrated I/O termination (XCITE), the QPRO Virtex-II family leads the industry in offering high density, high performance reconfigurable solutions specifically designed for mission-critical applications in aerospace and defense. Xilinx provides the industry's only line of reconfigurable solutions for these high integrity applications. Used in the "main brain" of the Mars Rover vehicles, the on-board reprogrammability of Xilinx previous-generation QPRO radiation-tolerant FPGAs allowed for design changes and updates right up to launch time, allowing the JPL design team to meet demanding schedules. According to JPL, this same "on the fly" reprogrammability will be used for post-launch reprogramming in its next generation deep space UHF radio on the '05 Mars orbiter. Because Xilinx chips can literally change their personality, designers have the ability to fix hardware problems or download new features from a remote location. "Reconfigurablity plays a key role in addressing three key industry requirements - program re-use, technology insertion and a superior alternative to mask-programmed ASICs and one-time-programmable FPGAs. Both the aerospace and defense communities have embraced Xilinx QPRO technology for a wide range of applications, including mission-critical airborne and space systems," stated Rick Padovani, general manager of the Aerospace and Defense division at Xilinx. "By combining radiation-tolerance with the flexibility and high-performance features of our Virtex-II FPGAs, we're enabling a whole new range of cost effective applications and capabilities for our customers." Addressing Industry Challenges Transformational programs currently in development such as Transformational Communications, Software Defined Radio (SDR) and the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) will greatly benefit from the high-density and rich feature set of the Virtex-II QPRO family. These programs demand a very agile, high performance reprogrammable platform capable of high-performance packet processing and DSP. As such, they are a great match for the newly introduced Virtex-II QPRO family. Proven Solution Offers Superior Benefits The QPRO Virtex-II family extends beyond increased gate density by offering high-performance I/O signaling technology supporting up to 840 MBPS in both plastic and ceramic packages while offering up to 1104 user I/O. In addition, the QPRO Virtex-II family includes up to 144 independent blocks of 18Kbit embedded memory - ideal for a wide range of high-performance applications ranging from system interfacing and local packet buffering, to high performance DSP applications. The QPRO Virtex-II also offers superior DSP performance through the integration of up to 144 high performance Multipliers. By combining such high-performance features with a flexible fabric, the Virtex-II QPRO devices address many of today's industry challenges. Online Design Resource Pricing and Availability Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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