Summary Remaining Challenges The Future Messages to Take

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Summary Remaining Challenges The Future Messages to Take Home 1 Summary

Summary Remaining Challenges The Future Messages to Take Home 1 Summary

Programmable is the Way to Go! w Xilinx FPGAs provide the best complexsystem solution

Programmable is the Way to Go! w Xilinx FPGAs provide the best complexsystem solution — they are vastly superior to ASICs – custom-logic advantages in a standard product – potential for dynamic reprogrammability — they reduce time-to-market and risk – configurable after board manufacture – upgradable and fixable in the field w Xilinx CPLDs offer similar benefits — ISP technology reduces time-to-market and risk – Xilinx CPLDs are programmable and reprogrammable on the board 2 Summary

Remaining Challenges w Managing fast signals on the PC-board — — use low-swing interface

Remaining Challenges w Managing fast signals on the PC-board — — use low-swing interface standards lower dielectric-constant PC-boards on-chip clock doubling system-on-a-chip w Power limitations — lower supply voltages — lower dielectric constant on the chip — careful clock manipulation w Managing design efficiency — re-usable cores and other libraries — team-based design 3 Summary

The Future w IC density and speed will increase at least for another decade

The Future w IC density and speed will increase at least for another decade – Moore’s Law w Xilinx is at the forefront of 0. 18µ technology w Programmable logic benefits directly from improved technology — like memories and microprocessors — ASICs do not benefit in the same way w Seamless integration of desktop and internet for design and support w New-end product opportunities using Internet Reconfigurable Logic (IRL) Summary 4

Three Messages to Take Home w Xilinx offers low-cost, easy-to-use solutions — You need

Three Messages to Take Home w Xilinx offers low-cost, easy-to-use solutions — You need not be rich or a genius to use our programmable logic w Xilinx devices allow 100+ MHz system clock rates — You can achieve reliable and predictable performance – automatically w Xilinx offers design methodologies for system-level integration — You can create large FPGA designs without having to “re-invent the wheel” Summary 5

Xilinx is Programmable Logic Programmable is the way to go! Thank you for your

Xilinx is Programmable Logic Programmable is the way to go! Thank you for your attention 6 Summary