The Quarterly Journal for 
Xilinx Programmable Logic Users
Xcell 34 - Fourth Quarter, 1999 



Cover Story
View From The Top
Perspective
Xilinx in the News
Application Note
Success Stories
New Technology & Products
Aerospace
Design Automation Tools
Tutorial
Trade Shows
Column

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In this Q4 '99 issue... 

  From the Editor: What's Ahead in the Year 2000 193KB

Cover Story

 The New Virtex-E: 3.2-Million Gate, High-bandwidth FPGA Family 254 KB

View from the Top

 Programmable Logic in the Next Millenium 113KB

Perspective

 CPLD ChipViewer - Graphical Design Control Made Simple 155KB

Xilinx in the News

 Xilinx Launches Design Reuse Initiative 192KB

Application Note

 Virtex-E Package Compatibility Guide 152KB
 Timing Correction for Flight Time Compensation 252KB
 Two Simple Solutions for Tricky Problems 156KB

Success Stories

 Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Tower CPU 186KB
 Simultaneous 4-channel, 12-bit A/D Conversion 173KB
 Infrared Digital Voice Module 169KB

New Technology & Products

 Stackable Virtex FPGA Board for General Use 224KB
 Xilinx introduces - New High-Speed Download Cable 130KB
 A New Family of In-System Programmable FLASH Serial/Parallel PROMs 137KB
 Spartan FPGAs Help Create Movie-quality Video on the PC 194KB
 Programming a Xilinx FPGA in "C" 188KB
 New Java Tool Increases Pipelining Speed 127KB
 Maximizing HDL Simulation Performance 142KB
 What's New in v2.1i for XC9500 CPLDs? 191KB
 Try HDL Simulation for Free 169KB

Aerospace

 Q-Pro for the Aerospace & Defense Market 216KB

Design Automation Tools

 The Power of the Xilinx Foundation Series Software 122KB

Tutorial

 Xilinx at Work in Digital Modems 191KB

Trade Shows

 Xilinx Trade Show Programs 153KB

Column

 How Programmable Logic Provides More Options for Consumers 135KB

Product Selection Guides

Software Selection Guide 57KB
FPGA/CPLD Selection Guide 50KB
Virtex Series FPGA Competitive Cross Reference 47KB