Xcell Journal Issue 81 Looks at How Xilinx is a Generation Ahead at 28nm

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced immediate availability of the autumn 2012 edition of Xcell Journal magazine. Issue 81's cover story looks at how Xilinx moved itself a generation ahead of the competition on the 28nm process node with its All Programmable SoCs, 3D ICs, FPGAs and the new Vivado™ Design Suite. Xcell Journal is available as a one-click pdf download or in iPad®/iPod®-compatible ISSUU electronic magazine format.

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"This issue of Xcell Journal chronicles the hard work that Xilinx began in 2008 to not only offer the industry's most innovative FPGAs on the 28nm process, but to go many steps further to expand the market and definition of programmability by bringing the Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoC and Virtex®-7 FPGAs to market," said Xcell Journal Publisher, Mike Santarini. "Now that customers have 28nm devices in their hands and these FPGAs are going into new products, Xcell Journal is detailing the innovative ways engineers are using these devices to reduce BOM costs and get innovative products to market faster." 

In addition to this quarter's cover story, Xcell Journal issue 81 is packed with informative how-to stories for every technical skill level, including "How to Implement State Machines in Your FPGA," in which author Adam Taylor discusses the different types of state machines and how to best implement them in your designs. The issue also includes two comprehensive articles describing how to use Xilinx's new Vivado High-Level Synthesis (HLS) tool.

In the first Vivado HLS article, Xilinx field application engineers Daniele Bagni and Giulio Corradi explain how they used Vivado HLS in the design of a floating-point PID (proportional integral derivative) controller that was implemented on the Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC. In the second Vivado HLS article, Xilinx engineer James Hrica shows readers how to use Vivado HLS to implement a floating point design in FPGAs. Another highlight of this issue is a comprehensive methodology feature called "Image Sensor Color Calibration Using the Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC."

Xcell Journal Autumn 2012 Edition Highlights

Cover Story

• Moving a Generation Ahead with All Programmable Devices

Design Methodology and Application Features

• Image Sensor Color Calibration Using the Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC

How-To Features

• Testing and Debugging Zynq SoC Designs with BFMs
• Floating-Point Design with Xilinx's Vivado HLS
• Vivado HLS Eases Design of Floating-Point PID Controller
• Understanding the Major Clock Resources in Xilinx FPGAs
• How to Implement State Machines in Your FPGA
• Bugs Be Gone! Smarter Debug and Synthesis Techniques Make it Easy to Squash Bugs

Opinions, News and Upcoming Events

• Letter from the Publisher: So Much More Than Gate Arrays
• Xamples: A selection of the latest Xilinx application notes from Xilinx.com
• Xtra, Xtra: What's new in the Vivado 2012.3 tool release?
• Xclamations! Caption Contest.

About Xcell Journal

Xcell Journal is an award-winning quarterly magazine that provides electronic designers of programmable digital systems with in-depth technical information regarding the latest advances in hardware and software technologies, systems, applications, services and support. This digital magazine is available free and is accessible on any standard Internet browser, requiring no software downloads and allowing readers to browse, search, make notes, email authors and click through to advertiser websites. For additional information, or to download individual Xcell Journal articles in PDF format, go to Xcell Online. To subscribe now, go to http://xilinx.performark.com/subscriptions/.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the world's leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs and 3D ICs. These industry-leading devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.

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