Spartan-3 Resource CD June, 2003 Thank you for your interest in Spartan-3 Platform FPGA family. Built on four generations of proven Spartan success in high volume applications, Spartan-3 FPGAs give you up to 5 million system gates with the lowest cost per gate and per I/O of any FPGA. You also get a platform with the capability to tackle tough connectivity, DSP and embedded processing designs. On this CD you will find all the essential information on the Spartan-3 FPGA solution. The CD should start automatically after being inserted. If not, double-click on "start.exe". The navigation interface will provide you with all available material on the CD. The CD is designed for any Windows platform. As with any technical documetation, sometimes specifications may change. This may have happened since this CD was produced. Please check with http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xweb/xil_publications_index.jsp for datasheets and http://www.xilinx.com/apps/sp3app.htm for application notes to make sure you have the most up-to-date technical documentation. NOTE: To avoid any system conflicts, please make sure all other programs, especially versions of Acrobat Reader and Powerpoint, are closed before launching this CD. Should you get the Acrobat Reader notice, "You cannot currently view Adobe PDF files from within your web browser due to a configuration problem. Would youlike Acrobat to fix the configuration?" you should choose "No." The documents on the CD are primarily PDF files, PowerPoint presentation, and text files. Special applications are not required to view the contents of the CD. If you prefer to view the files manually, you can access the PDF files directly in the "docs" folder.