SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc.
(NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced public access support for 16nm
UltraScale+™ families, including the Vivado® Design Suite HLx
Editions, embedded software development tools, Xilinx Power
Estimator, and technical documentation for Zynq® UltraScale+ MPSoC
and Kintex® UltraScale+ devices. Designers can now validate the
UltraScale+ portfolio's 2-5X performance/watt improvement over 28nm
offerings for their specific designs. This announcement marks the
industry's first publicly available tools for 16nm devices,
enabling broad market adoption. The Vivado Design Suite has been
co-optimized to fully exploit the UltraScale+ portfolio's
performance/watt advantages and the complete catalog of SmartCORE™
and LogiCORE™ IP. This announcement follows previous UltraScale+
portfolio milestones, including first tape out and early access
tools in July 2015, and first
customer shipment in September
2015.
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"As the industry's only supplier of public tools and
documentation for 16nm programmable devices, we are accelerating
mainstream adoption of the most advanced SoCs and FPGAs available
today," said Kirk Saban, senior
director of FPGA and SoC product management and marketing. "All
customers can now validate the superior performance/watt advantages
of the UltraScale+ portfolio for their next generation
applications."
Availability
Zynq UltraScale+ and Kintex UltraScale+ devices are supported in
the Vivado Design Suite 2015.4, HLx Editions. Also available for
download are the Xilinx Software Design Kit, Xilinx Power
Estimator, and technical documentation for Zynq UltraScale+ and
Kintex UltraScale+ families. To learn more about Xilinx development
environments visit the Xilinx Hardware Developer Zone and Xilinx
Software Developer Zone.
About the Vivado Design Suite HLx Editions
The Vivado Design Suite HLx Editions enable a new ultra high
productivity approach for designing All Programmable SoCs, FPGAs,
and the creation of reusable platforms. All HLx Editions include
Vivado High-Level Synthesis (HLS) including C/C++ libraries, Vivado
IP Integrator (IPI), LogicCORE™ IP subsystems, and the full Vivado
implementation tool suite to enable mainstream users to readily
adopt the most productive and advanced C and IP-based design
flows. When coupled with the new UltraFast™ High-Level
Productivity Design Methodology Guide, users can realize a 10-15X
productivity gain over traditional approaches.
About the Xilinx UltraScale+ Portfolio
The 16nm UltraScale+ family of FPGAs, 3D ICs, and MPSoCs,
combines new memory, 3D-on-3D and multi-processing SoC (MPSoC)
technologies enabling an even higher level of performance and
integration, and include the SmartConnect interconnect optimization
technology. Optimized at the system level, UltraScale+ delivers
value far beyond a traditional process node migration – providing
2–5X greater system level performance/watt over 28nm devices, far
more systems integration and intelligence, and the highest level of
security and safety.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs,
MPSoCs, and 3D ICs. Xilinx uniquely enables applications that are
both software defined and hardware optimized – powering industry
advancements in Cloud Computing, SDN/NFV, Video/Vision, Industrial
IoT, and 5G Wireless. For more information, visit
www.xilinx.com.
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Spartan, Virtex, Vivado, Zynq, and other designated brands included
herein are trademarks of Xilinx in the United States and other
countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Xilinx
Silvia E.
Gianelli
(408) 626-4328
silvia.gianelli@xilinx.com
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