Xilinx Seminars

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Whether you are new to Xilinx products or an experienced programmable logic user, attending a local seminar can be an effective way to get up-to-speed on the latest Xilinx products! If you don't see what you're interested in listed here, contact your local Xilinx Sales Representative. Seminars are currently being offered by:

• Nu Horizons
• Insight
• Electronic Design

Nu Horizons

Spartan-II Seminar

Customized seminars on the new Spartan-II Family are being held throughout North America between January 18 and February 24, 2000. For more details contact your local Nu Horizons office at the toll free number 1-888-747-NUHO or fill out the registration form.

Insight

X-Fest 2K

X-Fest 2K is designed to educate and inform both advanced and new users of Xilinx programmable logic. Ten highly technical mini courses have been developed by Insight Electronics to provide attendees with concise solutions and practical examples of today's most challenging programmable logic design issues.

• Xilinx Product Update
• On-Chip Debugging
• Systematic Approach to High Performance FPGA Design
• The New Xilinx CoolRunner Family
• The Future of Programmable Logic (during lunch)
• Leveraging Advanced Features of Virtex and Spartan-II
• Improving Timing Performance
• Practical Guide to FPGA Configuration
• Xilinx Design Flow I-III (for new users)

The seminar will be held in 36 cities throughout North America between February 11 and May 5, 2000. To reserve your spot or to ask additional questions about this seminar call 1-800-677-7716 in the U.S. or 1-800-204-0010 in Canada. More information is available in the brochure on the Xilinx web site, or from the Insight web site.

Electronic Design

Programmable Logic Workshops
February 17-18, 2000
Santa Clara, CA

The sessions will provide designers with overviews of the latest architectures, design tips and guidelines when defining blocks at the HDL and circuit levels, and application-focused sessions to provide practical how-to examples in areas such as networking, data communications, and industrial control. Xilinx sessions include:

• Keynote: Flying in the Face of Moore's Law
• Design Issues/Approaches with SRAM-Based Architectures
  • Technology Introduction/Overview
  • Design Issues/Approaches with SRAM-Based Architectures
• Architecture Overviews
  • Leveraging Megagate Densities
  • Low Power Architecture for CPLDs
  • Flash-Based CPLDs For Deterministic System Design
• System Performance and Bus Interface Issues
  • Maximizing System Performance
  • Bus Interfaces: Maximizing Bus Efficiency
• Reusable IP and Legal Issues
  • Creating Reusable IP Blocks: Design and Encapsulation
• Design Examples in Communications and Industrial Systems
  • Design Approaches for Data Communication and Networking
  • Design Challenges in Consumer Systems

Other Information

• Xilinx Trade Shows 
• Xilinx Customer Education