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Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Performance Wins
Confidence
of Barco for Air Traffic Control Component
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 8, 2004 -- Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ: XLNX),
the world’s leading programmable logic supplier, announced
today that its Xilinx® Virtex-II Pro™ Platform FPGA has
been selected by Barco, an international leader in imaging
technology headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium. Barco selected
Xilinx FPGAs for use in its revolutionary ISONA™, the
world’s first 2048 x 2048 air traffic control Display
Station. The Barco Isona™ combines a high-resolution 2048 x
2048 LCD display with a high performance Xserver for use in Air
Traffic Control systems. It allows for a cost-effective
future-proof upgrade of air traffic control workstations by
replacing traditional CRTs.
Barco selected the Xilinx® Virtex-II Pro™ Platform FPGA
based on its embedded IBM PowerPC™ processor and
high-performance fabric. Barco integrated the functions of multiple
FPGAs and a discrete CPU onto a single Virtex II-Pro device, for a
smaller mechanical footprint while maintaining the same
high-resolution viewing area. “We evaluated alternative
solutions but the performance advantages of the Virtex-II
Pro’s on-chip PowerPC, combined with flexible I/O standards,
large numbers of I/O pins, and high performance fabric, made Virtex
II-Pro the clear winner,” said Jeroen Debonnet, R&D
manager of Traffic Management at Barco.
The Virtex II-Pro CoreConnect™ bus architecture also allowed
Barco designers to closely couple proprietary and third-party IP,
such as a custom DDR controller with built-in DMA arbitrator, with
the on-chip PowerPC processing resources. This allowed large
quantities of video data to be processed at high speed. In
addition, the CoreConnect architecture allowed easy management of
access to low speed and low performance system resources, freeing
CPU time for high-priority, processor-intensive tasks.
Barco also found the high quantity of user I/O an advantage, with
flexible I/O standards including differential signaling allowing
LVDS video input and output for the 2048 x 2048 high resolution LCD
panel. Designers were also able to implement on-screen display
functions on-chip, with direct memory access to DDR RAM acting as
video memory. SSTL-2 video inputs are also implemented inside the
Virtex II-Pro FPGA.
About Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGAs
Xilinx is the only company to offer a programmable logic device
with integrated PowerPC embedded technology. Xilinx has shipped
over 100,000 PowerPC cores to its customer base and enabled over
1,400 CoreConnect™ licenses. Based on their industry-leading
capacity, performance, and cost-effectiveness, Xilinx Virtex FPGAs
are the number one choice of designers worldwide.
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk,
Belgium, is active in three key areas of imaging technology. Barco
designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization,
display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for
visual inspection. Barco has a network of subsidiaries,
distributors and agents in almost 100 countries. Barco is quoted on
Brussels/Euronext and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company. More info
on www.barco.com.
About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is the worldwide leader of
programmable logic solutions. Additional information about Xilinx
is available at www.xilinx.com.
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