Xilinx
Xilinx processing capabilities provide performance and customization across a wide range of end markets including:
aerospace and defense, wired and wireless communications, automotive, audio/video broadcast, industrial control,
test and measurement, and consumer.
Xilinx is committed to providing embedded development tools, methodologies, IP and support through its Targeted Design Platforms.
The Targeted Design Platform for embedded processing brings these elements together into productized solutions
that accelerate development for experienced users and simplifies the adoption of FPGAs for new users.
Xilinx embedded processing solutions are supported on numerous Virtex and Spartan FPGA platforms.
MicroBlaze Soft Processor Core
The MicroBlaze™ processor is a 32-bit RISC Harvard architecture soft processor core with a rich instruction set optimized for embedded applications.
With the MicroBlaze soft processor solution, you have complete flexibility to select the combination of peripherals,
memory and interface features that will give you the exact system you need at the lowest cost on a single FPGA.
Being reconfigurable, it will help you get your products to market faster—and keep them in the market longer.
IBM PowerPC 440 and 405 hard processors
The IBM PowerPC®440 and 405 processor cores are hard 32-bit RISC CPU blocks designed into the fabric
of select Virtex series FPGAs to implement high performance embedded applications.
The combination of hard PowerPC cores with integrated co-processing capability enables a wide range of performance optimization options.
The PowerPC 440 processor supported by Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs with a sophisticated CPU/APU controller and high-bandwidth crossbar switch.
The crossbar switch enables high-throughput 128-bit interfaces and point-to-point connectivity. Integrated DMA channels, dedicated memory interface,
and Processor Local Bus (PLB) interfaces minimize logic utilization, reduce system latency and optimize performance.
Simultaneous I/O and memory access maximizes data transfer rates.
The PowerPC 405 processor supported in both the Virtex-4 and Virtex-II Pro families integrates a scalar 5-stage pipeline,
separate instruction and data caches, a JTAG port, trace FIFO, multiple timers and a memory management unit (MMU).
Use of the PowerPC 405 processor in Virtex-II Pro requires ISE Design Suite software version 10.1.03i or earlier.
For more information on Xilinx processors, visit our Xilinx page.
ARM
ARM designs the technology that lies at the heart of advanced digital products, from
wireless, networking and consumer entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and
storage devices. ARM’s comprehensive product offering includes 32-bit RISC microprocessors,
graphics processors, and video engines, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories,
high-speed connectivity products, peripherals and development tools.
The new collaboration with Xilinx optimizes this for FPGA implementations
and introduces a new use model of being used with or without processors as well. The move to ARM
aligns with the Xilinx Targeted Design Platform Strategy announced earlier this year, when the
programmable logic leader mapped out plans to roll out development platforms based on
industry-leading FPGA technology, boards, and standardized IP.
For more information about ARM, visit our Digi page.
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