Xilinx, Inc. has announced the availability of three key connectivity IP cores that are vital for building programmable, flexible and cost effective 3G+/4G wireless base stations. Xilinx's Serial RapidIO Gen 2 v1.2 Endpoint LogiCORE™ IP, JESD204 v1.1 LogiCORE IP , and CPRI v4.1 LogiCORE IP all support connectivity standards and will help developers address design challenges in building new wireless equipment with higher system capacities.

Xilinx released ISE Design Suite 13.2, providing support for the 28nm 7 series families including the recently arrived Virtex-7 VX485T device being demonstrated to customers.

Watch demonstration of the second device in the Xilinx 28nm FPGA family -- the high performance Virtex-7 XV485T.

I/O Specialist Ousama Hage demonstrates the world's first 28nm FPGA—the Kintex™-7 K325T FPGA—running, receiving and transmitting 3G-SDI video @ 2.97Gbps. This demonstration also showcases the distinct power advantages of Xilinx 7 series FPGAs, using a specialized HPL process to cut power in half compared to alternative 28nm devices.

Xilinx announced a major expansion of its communications portfolio to accelerate the industry's implementation of new packet processing, switching, and traffic management solutions for meeting the exponential growth in demand for high-bandwidth and feature-reach quality of service (QoS). The expansion includes the acquisition of Modelware, a leading provider of traffic management/packet processing silicon intellectual property (IP) cores and refe...

Xilinx announced its acquisition of Sarance Technologies, completing its industry-leading technology portfolio for addressing next generation line card applications by adding premier connectivity communications capabilities. The new connectivity solution portfolio enables Xilinx to address the fast growing demand for 40G, 100G and beyond Interlaken, Ethernet and High-Speed Ethernet applications as well as new requirements for meeting 400G Etherne...

Xilinx announced the immediate availability of ISE Design Suite ISE13. New to the award winning design tool and IP suite are enhancements which improve productivity across SoC design teams and progression towards true plug-and-play IP that targets Spartan(R)-6, Virtex(R)-6 and 7 series FPGAs, including the industry-leading 2-million-logic-cell Virtex-7 2000T device.

Xilinx today announced the beginning of the 7 series FPGA rollout with shipment of the first Kintex-7 K325T Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), marking the industry's fastest product rollout of next generation programmable logic devices built with 28nm technology.

Xilinx announced at NAB 2011 (Booth #N3722) its Broadcast Real-Time Video Engine Targeted Design Platform and release of SMPTE2022 IP core for rapidly accelerating the development of hardware to process high quality video and deliver it at rates as high as 10 Gbps over Internet Protocol. Using the Virtex(R)-6 or Spartan(R)-6 FPGA Broadcast Connectivity Kits as a base from which video pipeline algorithms can be created after utilizing the connecti...

Xilinx announced its participation at NAB 2011 in Las Vegas, from April 11-14, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth #N3722. During the conference, Xilinx will exhibit the next wave of programmable platforms and solutions to help illustrate to broadcast designers how to accelerate development of state-of-the-art broadcast equipment while supporting higher bandwidth required for HDTV and 3DTV. In-booth demonstrations will highlight solutions f...

Xilinx announced it is sponsoring a Graphical System Design Achievement Award at NIWeek 2011. The featured award titled The NI LabVIEW FPGA Innovation Award will recognize the paper that details the most innovative application using National Instruments (NI) LabVIEW graphical system design software to program the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) in NI hardware including PXI-based R Series modules, CompactRIO, NI FlexRIO, or NI Single-Board RI...

Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced that leading telecommunications and networking company ZTE has named Xilinx 2010 Best Global Supplier. This prestigious award recognizes Xilinx as a preferred supplier and technology innovator for demonstrating excellence in cost, quality, support and delivery.

Xilinx is participating in the annual ISA Vision Summit 2011 in Bangalore. Moshe Gavrielov, President & Chief Executive Officer, Xilinx, Inc., will deliver the guest keynote during the second day of the summit on Tuesday, February 22 at Hotel Taj West End.

Sr. Defense Architect Jim Anderson shows how Xilinx defense-grade Virtex FPGAs enable the highest level of information assurance with Type-1 Single-chip Cryptography in a UAV application.

Xilinx, Inc. announces a new version of its popular Spartan(R)-6 FPGA Consumer Video Kit that gives systems designers a complete development platform for easily tapping into the flexibility and real-time video processing capabilities of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Co-developed with and distributed by Tokyo Electron Device, the Consumer Video Kit supports the latest serial digital TV interfaces, including DisplayPort 1.1a, V-by-One(R) ...

At Embedded World 2010, Xilinx and Inova Semiconductors introduced an Automotive Pixel Link (APIX(R)) IP solution for the Xilinx(R) Automotive (XA) family of low-cost Spartan(R)-6 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The configurable core supports multiple high-bandwidth video and communications links in a single device to transfer high-quality, real-time video from two or more cameras or processing units to in-vehicle displays. This highly in...

Xilinx announced the availability of three new development kits that further extend the ability of digital signal processing developers to easily adopt FPGAs in order to reach the highest levels of signal processing performance, optimize for cost and power and relieve system bottlenecks through co-processing. As Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms are made possible through work with industry-leading distribution, design services, tools and hardware ...

Xilinx announced at SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2010 three new industrial Targeted Design Platforms based on the low-cost Spartan-6 FPGA family, which will help engineers increase performance and reduce time to market for PROFINET real time networking, advanced motor control, and GigE Vision industrial imaging applications.

Anthony Torza, Sr. Technical Marketing Manager of Serial Transceivers at Xilinx, demonstrates a Virtex-6 HXT FPGAinteroperating with Finisar 100G form-factor pluggable (CFP) optics.

Xilinx announced the industry's first stacked silicon interconnect technology for delivering breakthrough capacity, bandwidth and power savings using multiple FPGA die in a single package for applications that require high-transistor and logic density, as well as tremendous levels of computational and bandwidth performance. By embracing 3D packaging technologies and through-silicon vias (TSV) for its 28nm 7 series FPGAs, Xilinx's Targeted Design ...