SAN JOSE, Calif., March 28, 2000—Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced the immediate availability of The Real 64/66 PCI^TM design kit, including access to proven Xilinx®  LogiCORE^TM PCI cores, a 3.3-V/5-V universal 64-bit/66-MHz PCI prototyping board, Windows driver development tools and several PCI reference designs. The new design kit extends the leadership of Xilinx in the PCI industry by providing the only complete solution for customers developing fully compliant PCI add-in boards in the PC, server and workstation markets.

Not only will the Real 64/66 PCI design kit accelerate time-to-market, but it also addresses the emerging need for concurrent support of 5-V PC motherboards and the next generation, high-performance 3.3-V PC motherboards. 

“Last year Xilinx introduced the industry's first general-purpose 64-bit, 66 MHz PCI solution, enabling our PCI customers with embedded applications to quadruple their bandwidth over PCI,” said Rich Sevcik, senior vice president and general manager of service, IP, and software at Xilinx. “With this design kit, Xilinx extends the solution to include all tools required to support the emerging market of high-performance PCs with 64/66 PCI capabilities.”

To provide a complete solution and industry leading expertise, Xilinx has partnered with Compuware, the leading provider of software driver development and debugging tools, and Nallatech, a member of the Xilinx third-party XPERTS^TM consulting program. Nallatech is providing PCI design services and the prototyping board.

Compuware’s NuMega SoftICE Driver Suite

With the Xilinx 64/66 PCI design kit, customers receive a production version of Compuware's NuMega SoftICE Driver Suite. A standard license for the Compuware suite is included with the tools that accelerate the development and debugging of Windows device drivers. This suite provides a full-featured solution for basic driver development and debugging in Windows 2000, Windows NT, and Windows 95/98 platforms.

“NuMega SoftICE Driver Suite addresses a critical need for driver developers seeking high-quality development tools to increase their productivity,” said Joe Wurm, vice president and lab director for the NuMega product line. “This release of the SoftICE Driver Suite enhances the debugging and testing capabilities of the suite to fully encompass Windows 2000 driver development. The SoftICE Driver Suite is a key element of Compuware’s comprehensive strategy for helping corporations deploy reliable Windows device drivers.”

Nallatech PCI64 prototyping board

The Nallatech 64/66 PCI prototyping board allows designers to quickly evaluate the performance of the Xilinx core in their system. In addition, the board demonstrates how to build a universal PCI board that automatically changes the I/O characteristics as needed to support both 3.3V and 5V PCI. Additionally, this board shows how to meet the stringent PCI specification requirements for sub-100ms PCI reset timing with FPGAs.

An SDRAM interface to a Small Outline DIMM (dual inline memory module), using the integrated digital delay locked loops of the Xilinx Virtex^TM FPGAs demonstrates how to build a single-chip solution. With Virtex FPGAs, board level DLLS are not required because the FPGA can handle clock management on and off the chip.

Xilinx Real 64/66 PCI

The Real 64/66 PCI core from Xilinx enables customers to design fully compliant PCI bus interface systems using Xilinx Smart-IP technology to guarantee critical minimum, maximum and hold timing required for a true zero wait-state burst operation at 66 MHz. PCI v2.2 Specification compliance is verified through hardware testing, device characterization and regression testing using the Xilinx internal test bench that simulates more than six million unique combinations of PCI transactions.

"With it LogiCORE offerings, Xilinx has enabled thousands of 32-bit and 64-bit PCI designs. This translates to more than twice the revenue generated by the leading chip-set competitor," said Per Holmberg, product marketing manager for Xilinx LogiCORE products group. "This is a significant milestone that underscores the inherent benefits of standard FPGAs on the most advanced processes. More important, The Real 64/66 PCI solution allows designers to integrate very high-performance, high-density 66-MHz PCI systems tailored to their specific needs."

Design kit pricing and availability

The PCI design kit with the Nallatech prototyping board and Compuware software is available now for $17,995 from Xilinx distributors.

About Compuware

With trailing 12-month revenues of more than $2 billion, Compuware is a world leader in the practical implementation of enterprise and e-commerce solutions. Compuware productivity solutions help 14,000 of the world's largest corporations more efficiently maintain and enhance their most critical business applications. Providing immediate and measurable return on information technology investments, Compuware products and services improve quality, lower costs and increase the speed at which systems can be developed, implemented and supported. Compuware employs more than 15,000 information technology professionals worldwide. For more information about Compuware, please contact the corporate offices at 800-521-9353. You may also visit Compuware on the World Wide Web at www.compuware.com. For information on Compuware’s SoftICE Driver Suite please visit www.compuware.com/drivercentral. 

About Nallatech

Nallatech is a leading electronic systems design company that specializes in the development of highly complex DSP and image processing systems for its customers. Nallatech has also developed a modular approach to the construction of highly complex systems using their innovative DIME (DSP and Image processing Module for Enhanced FPGAs) Products. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Scotland, Nallatech is bringing the advantages of the FPGA directly to system engineer, allowing them to construct complex systems with the minimum of risk. DIME and Xilinx FPGAs have finally brought the flexibility that software has enjoyed for many years to hardware. For more information, visit the Nallatech web site at http://www.nallatech.com.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the leading innovator of complete programmable logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time required to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation, high-reliability/military, and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site at www.xilinx.com.