SAN JOSE, Calif., March 9, 1998—Showcasing the commitment to provide complete solutions including cores, evaluation boards, and specialized development software, Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX), along with five of its third-party intellectual property (IP) development partners, today announced the immediate availability of seven new products in the Xilinx AllianceCORE program. The products address the computing and communications markets with predefined communications, RISC processor, and processor peripheral cores and board-level evaluation tools for prototyping FPGA-based system designs. Also, Xilinx has begun shipping the new edition of the CORE Solutions Data Book with detailed descriptions of over 115 cores and core-based development tools. 

"As the performance and density leader in programmable logic, we are seeing a tremendous demand for complex cores to target our devices," said Rich Sevcik, Xilinx senior vice president of software. "Intellectual property companies have realized this demand and have responded by optimizing and enabling their cores for Xilinx FPGAs to provide time to market advantages for our mutual customers." 

New AllianceCORE Partners' Products 

The seven new products announced today are from VAutomation, Inc. (Nashua, N.H.), Integrated Silicon Systems Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland), Virtual IP Group, Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Memec Design Services (Mesa, Ariz.), and NMI Electronics Ltd. (Halesowen, England). 

VAutomation offers the V8-uRISC 8-bit FPGA-based RISC microprocessor. Also shipping is the IntelliCore Prototyping System (IPS) that includes four Xilinx XC4000 FPGAs and can be used to test in hardware the V8 plus other VAutomation cores in target Xilinx devices. List pricing is $9,950 for the V8 in Xilinx netlist format, and $1,495 for the IPS. 

"VAutomation has always depended on Xilinx FPGAs for prototyping our cores," said Eric Ryherd, president of VAutomation. "The Xilinx architecture, specifically its highly optimized dual-port RAM capability, was key in the development of our V8 FPGA core and allowed us to silicon test our cores much faster than would be possible using a standard ASIC flow." 

Integrated Silicon Systems is offering a High-level Data Link Controller (HDLC) core. ISS customizes and delivers the core for use in telecommunications applications such as X.25, ISDN and Frame Relay. List pricing starts at $15,000. 

T1 Framer and 8237 Direct Memory Access (DMA) controller cores are available from Virtual IP Group. The T1 Framer is used in telecommunications equipment such as telephone switches and network routers, while the 8237 is common in embedded microprocessor-based systems. Xilinx netlists for the T1 and 8237 cores list for $6,000 and $2,250, respectively. 

A Video Terminal Logic Controller, the XF9128 core, from Memec Design Services is a programmable video display interface controller for use in ASCII display terminals and is software–and function–compatible with the obsolete industry standard CRT 9128. List price is $5,000. 

The AllianceCORE Evaluation Card from NMI Electronics allows designers to quickly evaluate the functionality of NMI (or customer-developed) memory controller and processor peripheral cores in Xilinx XC4000 and XC9500 devices. List price, depending on configuration, starts at $5,800. 

All AllianceCORE products are available now directly from the partners. Data sheets for each core and the new CORE Solutions Data Book are available from the Xilinx web site. A free hardcopy of the data book is available from the Xilinx literature hotline at 800-231-3386. 

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 commands more than half of the world market 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. 

Xilinx is a registered trademark of Xilinx, Inc. All XC-prefix product designations are trademarks of Xilinx, Inc. 
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