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SAN JOSE, Calif., April 15, 1999—Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced the first release of the Java application procedure interface (API) for boundary-scan (IEEE Std 1149.1), a part of the Xilinx Silicon Xpresso initiative. This free software package includes a reference implementation of the API, full documentation, source code and Xilinx XC9500 CPLD algorithms that use this API. Also included is a translator that accepts boundary-scan operations descriptions in serial vector format (SVF) to create Java API-based applications. This means that for the first time electronic systems designers and test engineers who design boundary-scan systems can take full advantage of the power and portability of Java in their programming and test environments. The Java API for Boundary-Scan is being developed by Xilinx as an open Java class for the benefit of the entire boundary-scan community. Users and developers are encouraged to provide comments directly to Xilinx about the API via: java_api@xilinx.com. Comments and responses will be publicly posted on the Xilinx website to ensure that the concerns and requirements of the boundary-scan community will be fully addressed by the Java API for Boundary-Scan. Future releases of the API will incorporate this community feedback. "This milestone release represents the combination of the best features of Java and the standards of JTAG: Java's platform independence and rich network protocols plus JTAG with industry-accepted programming and debug capabilities," said Evert Wolsheimer, vice president and general manager of the CPLDs business unit. "Not only are we gathering growing customer support, but we are also continuing to provide the necessary tools for users to make an easy jump to a better, more universally adopted solution." By basing a boundary-scan solution on Java, there is immediate availability of reference documentation, development tools, and run-time environments from a wide variety of sources. It also brings the power of the Internet to boundary-scan applications, enabling Internet Reconfigurable Logic (IRL) applications and remote upgrade and test application deployment in a way not previously possible. For those users who have historically written test and programming applications in serial vector format (SVF), those files can now be easily converted into a Java application that uses the Java API for Boundary-Scan. The converter is available free of charge from the Xilinx home website at: www.xilinx.com/products/software/sx/sxpresso.html. Xilinx is the leading innovator of complete programmable logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and commands more than half of the world market for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to significantly reduce the time required to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation, high-reliability/military, and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site at www.xilinx.com. Xilinx is a registered trademark of Xilinx, Inc. Silicon
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