Overview The need for home servers comes from the telecommuters and day extenders who connect to corporate LAN through the Internet. Corporate users working from home, or remote offices that are closer to home use Virtual Private Network (VPN) technology for applications such as e-mail, file, and directory services, Web/Internet transactions, and voice communications. The home server (access device) offers services to multiple users in a given location at an acceptable cost. SOHO (small offices and home offices) businesses are also demanding more bandwidth. Internet access for services such as voice, video, and data, for applications such as streaming video, Web browsing, e-mail, VoIP (voice over IP), digitized photographs, Video-on-Demand, MP3 files, online gaming, and online shopping using high resolution images. SOHO routers also provide Internet access to multiple information appliances such as multiple PCs, printers, scanners, VoIP phones, and multifunction peripherals. SOHO routers connect the LAN (local area network) devices to the Internet / WAN (wide area network) in the SOHO / home and manage the interconnections between the LAN devices. The SOHO router integrates a broadband modem with a router, within a single box. It features voice capability, multiple channel control, NAT (Network Address Translation), DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) and compression algorithms for boosting performance. The routers also provide security, encryption, and a privacy firewall to support secure e-commerce transactions, access from authorized service providers, and create a secure environment for the delivery of services from a public network such as the Internet. It also boasts remote management capabilities as technical support is rarely present at small, remote office sites. The routers are usually not dependent on the PC and are a platform to provide value added services. Market Research Cahners In-Stat Group estimates the residential gateway market to exceed $8.9 billion by the year 2003. Three Types: SOHO routers are: ADSL based, cable based, ISDN based. Xilinx Solutions The Xilinx's Spartan-II programmable logic solutions offer the flexibility to build products that can be reprogrammed in the field at costs far below any other programmable solution. Residential gateway products will support multiple broadband access points and home networking interfaces. Spartan-II FPGAs provide system integration and interconnectivity to these interfaces, hence providing decreased time-to-market, increased time-in-market and the rapid product proliferation in this market. Please view the presentation to see how Xilinx solutions can help you build products for this fast evolving market place.