Ann Duft
Xilinx, Inc.
(408) 879-4726
ann.duft@xilinx.com
Frankie Borison
Oak Ridge Public Relations
(408) 253-5042
frankie@oakridge.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
This price reduction is the third in nine months totaling up to 65 percent price reduction on XC9500 devices. The company said it has made significant strides in reducing manufacturing costs for the XC9500 devices with the aggressive Flash process migration and manufacturing improvements to allow Xilinx to pass further cost reductions on to the customers.
"Design wins for the XC9500 CPLDs are at an all-time high and have doubled from the last quarter," said Evert Wolsheimer, vice president and general manager of the Xilinx CPLD business unit. "We offer a clear price advantage in both absolute terms, but also in price per macrocell over our competition. The XC9500 family combined with the new Foundation and Alliance Series software is the most aggressively priced digital design solution."
Device | Package | 100-unit Price | Volume Price * | Price per macrocell |
XC9536 | 44-pin VQFP | $3.05 | $1.20 | $0.033 |
XC9572 | 44-pin PLCC | $3.20 | $ 1.85 | $0.026 |
XC95108 | 84-pin PLCC | $8.05 | $ 4.95 | $0.046 |
XC95216 | 160-pin PQFP | $23.65 | $15.70 | $0.073 |
XC95288 | 208-pin HQFP | $65.50 | $24.90 | $0.086 |
The Xilinx XC9500 ISP family, with logic densities ranging from 36 to 288 macrocells and speeds of five-nanosecond pin-to-pin operation, features a superior pin-locking solution, and support for industry-standard JTAG instructions for performing functional and interconnect tests of the chips on circuit boards. Many high-volume applications use Xilinx XC9500 CPLDs, such as add-in boards for PC peripherals, digital video disk (DV) cards, servers, telecommunication switches, routers, hubs, video games, and industrial controls.
Platforms, pricing and availability
Foundation Series 1.3 software is available for popular PC platforms and supports both the Windows 95, Windows NT operating systems. New Foundation Series pricing starts at $495. Alliance Series 1.3 software is available for both popular PC and workstation platforms and operating systems such as Windows 95, Windows NT and Sun OS, Solaris, HP-UX. New Alliance Series pricing starts at $495 on PCs and $3,995 on workstations. Evaluation software is available for both the Alliance and Foundation Series software for $99.
Founded in 1984, Xilinx is the world’s largest supplier of programmable
logic solutions comprising industry leading device architectures and world-class
design software. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., the company pioneered
the market for field programmable gate array (FPGA) semiconductor devices
that provide high integration and quick time-to-market for electronic equipment
manufacturers in the computer, peripherals, telecommunications, networking,
industrial control, instrumentation, consumer electronics, and high reliability/military
markets. For more information on Xilinx, access the World Wide Web site
at www.xilinx.com.