SANTA CLARA, Calif., IP '98 Conference, March 23, 1998—As part of its presence at the IP'98 conference and exhibit, Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX), announced today the immediate availability of seven new AllianceCORE products to further expand the portfolio of predefined intellectual property cores. These new cores bolster the company's offerings for the communications, industrial, and embedded control markets. Xilinx is exhibiting at the IP'98 conference at booth #22. 

"Only two weeks ago, we announced the availability of seven more cores from our AllianceCORE program. Our customers are witnessing a growing momentum in the number of offerings from third-party developers targeting Xilinx architectures," said Babak Hedayati, program director for Xilinx Core Solutions. "This surge of offerings is due to increased demand for cores with high density devices and our ability to successfully maintain partnerships with third-party companies." 

Third-party developers immediately benefit from targeting their cores for Xilinx devices with architectural features such as segmented routing and distributed RAM. These features allow partners to deliver cores with the guaranteed predictability and performance that users want. 

All of the new cores are available as Xilinx netlists; in most cases, the source code is available for an additional cost. These products, and others listed in the new Xilinx CORE Solutions data book, are available now and, like all cores from the members of the AllianceCORE program, are purchased directly from the partners. 

New AllianceCORE Partner Products 

CoreEl Microsystems (Fremont, Calif.) offers a 50 MHz UTOPIA Master interface that includes separate transmit and receive blocks that can be used individually or together to form a complete UTOPIA interface. It is used in asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and networking applications and complements five other ATM cores announced earlier this year. The UTOPIA Master lists for $15,000. Customers can purchase Master and Slave cores together for $25,000. For more information, access www.coreel.com. 

NMI Electronics, Ltd. (Halesowen, England) is offering a synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) controller for the Xilinx XC4000 FPGA and XC9500 CPLD series. It supports system speeds over 66 MHz. The core can be tested in either Xilinx series using NMI's microprocessor-based evaluation card, announced by Xilinx earlier this month. List pricing for the SDRAM controller starts at $3,500. For more information, access www.nmi.co.uk. 

The CAN Bus Interface core from SICAN Microelectronics of (San Francisco, Calif.) is used in automotive and industrial applications. List pricing for the new core starts at $15,000. For more information, access www.sican.de. 

A Video Color Space (YCrCb to RGB) converter is available from Perigee, LLC (Liverpool, N.Y.). This version, with 8-bit accuracy, will soon be integrated into the Xilinx CORE Generator tool and will be available at no charge from Perigee. For more information, access www.PerigeeLLC.com. 

CAST, Inc. (Pamona, N.Y.) is offering the C8251 USART Programmable Communications interface. This core is commonly used in communications and modem applications. List pricing for the new interface starts at $7,500. For more information, access www.cast-inc.com. 

A Reed Solomon Encoder core from Memec Design Services (Mesa, Ariz.) is customized and delivered to meet the customer's specific application, such as digital video broadcast (DVB) and Intelsat. List pricing for the new core starts at $1,700. For more information, access www.memecdesign.com. 

A GVA-200 DSP Hardware Accelerator platform is available from GV and Associates (Ramona, Calif.) It is used to prototype DSP algorithms in Xilinx FPGAs, including the new Spartan series. List pricing for the new platform starts at $1,950 in single-unit quantities. For more information, contact gvander@sd.cts.com. 

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 reduce significantly 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. All XC-prefix product designations, AllianceCORE, and Spartan are trademarks of Xilinx, Inc.  
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