SAN JOSE, Calif., March 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx®, Inc.
(NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced immediate availability of the winter
2015 edition of its award-winning user magazine, Xcell
Journal. The cover story for the 90th issue of
Xcell Journal takes a system-level look at Xilinx's newly
unveiled UltraScale+™ product portfolio of FPGAs, 3D ICs, and
MPSoCs, and how the portfolio yields a 2-5X greater system level
performance-per-watt advantage over 28nm devices. By implementing
the UltraScale+ portfolio in TSMC's 16nm FF+ (FinFET) process and
innovative new Xilinx UltraRAM, 3D-on-3D, heterogeneous
multi-processing, and SmartConnect technologies, Xilinx is able to
deliver a generation ahead of value. Xcell Journal is
available as a one-click PDF download or can be read
online in iPad/iPod-compatible ISSUU electronic magazine
format.
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Xcell Journal issue 90 also includes a mix of
methodology and how-to articles. In one of these methodology
articles, engineers from Braunschweig University of Technology
(Germany) describe how they are
using space-grade Virtex® FPGAs in the Polarimetric and
Helioseismic Imager (PHI), which will be launched in 2017 as part
of the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission. In a how-to
article, researchers at PES Institute of Technology (Bangalore, India) detail how they ported
PetaLinux into their FPGA design. In addition, e2V's chief
engineer, Adam Taylor, walks readers
through how to use the Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoC for
asymmetric multi-processing.
Articles in this issue include:
- Xilinx 16nm UltraScale+ Devices Yield 2-5X Performance/Watt
Advantage
- Solar Orbiter Will Process Data Onboard Using Xilinx FPGAs
- 60G Millimeter-Wave Backhaul Link Is Poised to Boost Cellular
Capacity
- MACsec IP Improves Data Center Security
- Simplify Your 'Hot' Testing with Xilinx's Zynq SoC
- A Double-Barreled Way to Get the Most from Your Zynq SoC
- How to Port PetaLinux Onto Your Xilinx FPGA
- Try Algorithm Refactoring to Generate an Efficient Processing
Pipeline with Vivado HLS
The Xcell Daily Blog is also highlighting several UtraScale+
news items and other innovative applications using Xilinx's All
Programmable devices.
About Xcell Journal
Xcell Journal is an
award-winning quarterly magazine that provides electronic designers
of programmable digital systems with in-depth technical information
regarding the latest advances in hardware and software
technologies, systems, applications, services, and support. This
digital magazine is available free and is accessible on any
standard Internet browser, requiring no software downloads and
allowing readers to browse, search, make notes, email authors, and
click through to advertiser websites. For additional information,
or to download individual Xcell Journal articles in PDF
format, go to Xcell Online. To subscribe now, go to
www.xilinx.performark.com/subscriptions/.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the world's leading provider of
All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs and 3D ICs. These industry-leading
devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and
IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable
logic to programmable systems integration. For more information,
visit www.xilinx.com.
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of their respective owners.
Xilinx
Silvia E.
Gianelli
(408) 626-4328
silvia.gianelli@xilinx.com
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