Avnet Electronics Marketing Launches Evaluation Kit for High Performance Virtex-4 FX Platform FPGA.PHOENIX -- First Kit Aimed at Optimizing Embedded Applications An application that permanently resides in an industrial or consumer device. Providing some type of control function and/or user interface, the software is typically stored in a non-volatile memory such as ROM or flash memory. within the Virtex-4 FX FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. Family Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), today released the Xilinx(R) Virtex(TM)-4 FX12 Evaluation Kit providing designers with a powerful platform for developing faster, more flexible embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. processing systems. The FX12 evaluation kit, developed by Avnet Design Services, features an XC4VFX VFX Visual Effects VFX Visual Fixation VFX Virtual Effects 12-FF668 device optimized for embedded computing applications. Engineers will be able to take advantage of the feature-rich kit for learning, evaluation, prototyping, benchmarking, and development. The Virtex-4 FX FPGA and its integrated features give the developer the ability to develop and test embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. with a variety of output devices, memory options and bus architectures. The Virtex-4 FX family provides unrivaled performance and power benefits as the ideal solution for a broad array of embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. functions with Power PC(R) cores in support of industrial control, imaging, and high-speed serial applications. The kit comes complete with a robust selection of memory devices, graphic displays and connectivity options. To make it easier for designers to get to work right away using the evaluation platform, the kit also includes a 5V wall-mount power-supply as a standard feature. The Virtex-4 FX12 Evaluation Kit adds to Avnet's suite of Xilinx Virtex-4 related kits which also includes the Virtex-4 SX35, Virtex-4 LX25 and Virtex-4 LX60 Evaluation Kits. "Implementing multiple processor cores within an application opens the door to breakthrough enhancements in next generation embedded systems," states Jim Schaeffer senior vice president of Avnet Design Services. "Engineers can leverage our FX12 kit to deliver their system faster than ever." "Embedded development platforms that simplify and accelerate embedded system design are key components of the ecosystem we offer customers," said Tim Erjavec, senior manager of embedded processing and connectivity marketing for Xilinx. "Avnet has delivered a robust development system enabling designers to take full advantage of the breakthrough processing performance and flexibility provided by our Virtex-4 FX Platform." The Virtex-4 FX12 Evaluation Kit is available for purchase today. Contact your local Avnet Electronics Marketing sales office or visit the Web at www.em.avnet.com/virtex4fx for more information. Ordering part numbers and prices are: ADS-XLX-V4FX-EVL12 With XC4VFX12 $449.00 The Virtex-4 FX12 Evaluation Kit includes the following features: Xilinx Virtex-4 FX12 FPGA USB 2.0 controller Xilinx platform FLASH 10/100 Ethernet PHY 8 MB FLASH 128x64 graphical display 32 MB DDR SDRAM RS-232 console interface Clock multiplier/divider AvBus connectivity Wall Mount Power Supply (5V) Documentation: User's Guide Bill of Materials Schematics About Xilinx Virtex-4 Platform FPGAs Enabled by the revolutionary ASMBL ASMBL Advanced Silicon Modular Block ASMBL Application Specific Modular Block (Advanced Silicon Modular Block) architecture and advanced 90nm triple-oxide technology, Virtex-4 FPGAs deliver more options, higher performance and lower power than any other FPGA family available today. With more than 100 technical innovations, the Virtex-4 family consists of 17 devices and three domain-optimized platforms; Virtex-4 LX FPGAs optimized for logic-intensive designs, Virtex-4 SX FPGAs optimized for high-performance signal processing See DSP. , and Virtex-4 FX FPGAs optimized for high-speed serial connectivity and embedded processing. A multi-platform approach makes it possible for customers to select the optimal mix of resources for their application to achieve the highest functionality and breakthrough performance at the lowest cost. Devices are shipping now. For more information on the Virtex-4 product family, visit www.xilinx.com/virtex4. About Avnet Electronics Marketing Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. a Fortune 500 company with fiscal 2004 sales of over $10 billion, and one of the world's largest technology marketing, distribution and services companies. Avnet Electronics Marketing, Americas (EMA (1) (Enterprise Management Architecture) An earlier strategic plan from Digital for integrating network, system and application management. It provided the operating environment for managing a multi-vendor network. ) serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Brazil through product focused businesses, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated services. The company's Web site is located at www.em.avnet.com (http://www.em.avnet.com) |
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