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Xcell 38 - Fourth Quarter 2000:
The Quarterly Journal for Xilinx Programmable Logic Users

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Cover Story
Applications
New Products
New Technologies
Success Stories
Perspective
Columns / Reference

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In this Q4 '00 issue...

From the Editor: Business is booming, and Xilinx is growing rapidly... 51KB

View from the Top
Platform FPGA- The Future of Logic Design 543KB

Cover Story
Designing with FPGA Platforms 373KB

Applications
Software: Inferring Multiplexers in FPGA Compiler II and FPGA Express 102KB
FPGAs: Create Efficient FIR Filters Using Virtex™ and Spartan™ FPGAs 150KB
FPGAs: Creating Finite State Machines 160KB

CPLDs: Design a Low-Power SMBus System Using CoolRunner™ CPLDs 133KB

CPLDs: CoolRunner Power-Saving Tips and Tricks 208KB
Software: Creating a Low-Power Serial Peripheral Interface 57KB
Power Consumption: CoolRunner CPLDs Beat the Heat 149KB
FPGAs: Implementing a Histogram for Image Processing Applications 125KB
Digital Radio: High Performance Digital Down-Converters for FPGAs 283KB

New Products
Development Tools: Spartan-II PCI Development Kit 115KB
Design Automation Tools: Foundation ISE- What's In a Name? 49KB
Design Automation Tools: Xilinx Foundation Series ISE Software- Delivering the Benefits of HDL Design 124KB
Software: StateCAD XE for Optimizing State Machine Design 107KB
Software: HDL Bencher™ XE for Fast Behavioral FPGA Verification 102KB
Software: Guided Design Using BLIS 127KB
PROMs: New High-Density Virtex PROMs and Cost-Effective Spartan-II PROMs 138KB
Development Boards: Stackable Development Boards for Spartan-II, Virtex, and Virtex-E FPGAs 170KB

New Technologies
Cores: Digital Image Processing with LogiCORE™s 99KB

Success Stories
LogiCORE PCI Module Is a Key Element in Voice over IP Applications 71KB

Perspective
Configurable Processors: Choosing the ARC User-Configurable Processor 330KB
Design Verification: Rethinking Your Verification Strategies for Multimillion-Gate FPGAs 110KB
Reliability: FPGAs- The Solution to Ultra-Deep Sub-Micron Design 147KB
Services: Xilinx Global Services 157KB
Partnerships: Xilinx in the Community- Champions for Change 53KB

Columns / Reference
Year 2001 Worldwide Xilinx Event Schedules 49KB
Services: e-Learning Makes the Grade 113KB
Reference: Software Solutions 76KB
Reference: Virtex and XC4000X™ Series FPGAs 56KB
Reference: Spartan 54KB
Reference: XC9500™ and CoolRunner CPLDs 56KB
Reference: XC18V™, XC17V™, and XC17S™ PROMs 51KB
Reference: QPro™ QML-Certified FPGAs and PROMs 62KB
Reference: Xilinx Intellectual Property Solutions 59KB