Section I Introduction to Xilinx

1. Section IIntroduction to Xilinx

2. Objectives • Who Xilinx is • Where Programmable Logic fits into the Electronics Industry & the Engineering Curriculum After completing this section, you will know. . .

3. Programmable Logic Devices Who is Xilinx? • World’s leading innovator of complete programmable logic solutions • Inventor of the Field Programmable Gate Array • Fabless* Semiconductor and Software Company • UMC (Taiwan) {*Xilinx acquired an equity stake in UMC in 1996} • Seiko Epson (Japan) • TSMC (Taiwan) Alliance, Foundation and Foundation ISE Series Design Software

4. Logic Standard Logic ASIC CPLDs Electronic Components Source: Dataquest Common Resources Configurable Logic Blocks (CLB) • Memory Look-Up Table • AND-OR planes • Simple gates Input / Output Blocks (IOB) • Bidirectional, latches, inverters, pullup/pulldowns Interconnect or Routing • Local, internal feedback, and global Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) Gate Arrays Cell-Based ICs Full Custom ICs SPLDs (PALs) FPGAs Acronyms SPLD = Simple Prog. Logic Device PAL = Prog. Array of Logic CPLD = Complex PLD FPGA = Field Prog. Gate Array

5. Programmable Logic Solution • No high development cost barriers • Recovered time for authoring and innovating • SW improvements reduce design iterations • No lengthy prototyping cycle • Ability to remotely upgrade any networked system • Ultimate flexibility to manage rapid change

6. Processor Memory Logic Where Programmable Logic Fitsinto the Electronics Industry Key components of an electronics system: Xilinx is the Leading Innovator of Complete Programmable Logic Solutions

7. How Customers UseProgrammable Logic Xilinx provides standard parts –“Blank” Integrated Circuits Customers create custom circuits with Xilinx Software Tools When customer design is final, they go intoimmediate production

8. Typical Applications • Communications • Computers • Instruments • Medical equipment • Defense electronics • Consumerelectronics

9. Why Customers Turn to Xilinx • Faster design time than gate arrays –weeks versus months • No up frontengineering charges • No waitingfor prototypes 3

10. Xilinx Products CPLD FPGA Complex Programmable Logic Device Field-Programmable Gate Array Architecture PAL/22V10-like Gate array-like More Combinational More Registers + RAM Density Low-to-medium Medium-to-high 0.5-10K logic gates 1K to 3.2M system gates Performance Predictable timing Application dependent Up to 250 MHz today Up to 200 MHz today Interconnect “Crossbar Switch” Incremental

11. 1 2 XC4000 XC4000 XC4000 Programmable Logic Design Flow Design Entry in schematic, ABEL, VHDL, and/or Verilog. Implementation includes Placement & Routing and bitstream generation using Xilinx’s M1 Technology. Also, analyze timing, view layout, and more. Download directly to the Xilinx hardware device(s) with unlimited reconfigurations* !! 3

12. Xilinx Programmable Logic inyour Curriculum