The Quarterly Journal for 
Xilinx Programmable Logic Users
Xcell 28 - Second Quarter, 1998

General News
Components
Development System
Design Hints and Applications

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In this Q2 '98 issue... 

General News

Editorial: What Xilinx Values Mean to You
Xilinx Student Edition Software
See also: Xilinx University Program
Education Update: Courses Updated for New Release
See also: Xilinx Training Courses

Product Information - Components

Designing with the Spartan Series FPGAs

Customer Success Stories

HardWire Success - Garmin Marine GPS System and the TI Desktop Projection System
The XC4013E - A Military "Bottom Line" Solution
XC3195A FPGAs - Getting a "Handel" on High Energy Physics

Product Information - Development Systems

pdf High Level Design Tips for Synopsys FPGA Express
pdf Reduce Compile Times Using Timing Constraints in Foundation Express
pdf HDL Analyst - A Unique New Tool for Visualizing Synthesis Results
Concurrent ISP Operations in JTAGProgrammer v1.4
RAM Inference Using Exemplar Logic's Leonardo

Design Hints and Applications

pdf Printed Circuit Board Design Considerations
XC4000XL FPGAs Interface to SDRAMs at 100 MHz
pdf Self Initiated Global Reset
pdf CMOS I/O Characteristics
pdf How to Evaluate the XC4000XL for Your Next Application
pdf Low Power FPGA Achieves 400 MHz Performance
Q&A: Timing Analyzer
Q&A: EPIC, JTAGProgrammer