On November 2nd, 2000 Xilinx announced that it acquired Visual Software Solutions, Inc and its innovative products: StateCAD/StateBench and HDL Bencher. This means that the powerful tools that you have used in the past will now become part of Xilinx complete design solutions Foundation Series^TM ISE and WebPACK ISE.

If you are currently a VSS customer, Xilinx has upgrade programs that will allow you to continue to use the tools you know and love within a complete design environment which includes Powerful Synthesis, the industry's most advanced Place and Route technology, and optional HDL simulation. To learn more, contact Xilinx TeleSales to see how you can leverage your investment in VSS tools to your greatest benefit.

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Integrated within Xilinx Foundation SeriesTM ISE and  WebPACK ISE StateCAD provides a seamless way to quickly design state machines for FPGA CPLD families like VirtexTM, SpartanTM, and CoolRunnerTM. Purchase Foundation ISE Base Express including StateCAD/StateBench and HDL Bencher* Xilinx Edition for $695!

• Click here for VSS product technical support and licensing.
• Click here for StateCAD/StateBench product information.
• Click here for HDL Bencher product information.