1. Section I Introduction to Xilinx1

2. Objectives After completing this section, you will know. . .
Who Xilinx is
Where Programmable Logic fits into the Electronics Industry & the Engineering Curriculum

3. Alliance, Foundation and Foundation ISE Series Design Software
Who is Xilinx?
World’s leading innovator of complete programmable logic solutions
Inventor of the Field Programmable Gate Array
Fabless* Semiconductor and Software Company
UMC (Taiwan) {*Xilinx acquired an equity stake in UMC in 1996}
Seiko Epson (Japan)
TSMC (Taiwan)
Programmable
Logic Devices
Alliance, Foundation and Foundation
ISE Series Design Software

4. Electronic Components
Source: Dataquest
Logic
Standard
Logic
ASIC
Programmable
Logic Devices
(PLDs)
Gate
Arrays
Cell-Based
ICs
Full Custom
ICs
SPLDs
(PALs)
CPLDs
FPGAs
Acronyms
SPLD = Simple Prog. Logic Device
PAL = Prog. Array of Logic
CPLD = Complex PLD
FPGA = Field Prog. Gate Array
Common Resources
Configurable Logic Blocks (CLB)
Memory Look-Up Table
AND-OR planes
Simple gates
Input / Output Blocks (IOB)
Bidirectional, latches, inverters, pullup/pulldowns
Interconnect or Routing
Local, internal feedback, and global

5. Programmable Logic Solution
No high development cost barriers
Recovered time for authoring and innovating
SW improvements reduce design iterations
No lengthy prototyping cycle
Ability to remotely upgrade any networked system
Ultimate flexibility to manage rapid change

6. Where Programmable Logic Fits into the Electronics Industry
Key components of an electronics system:
Processor
Memory
Logic
Xilinx is the Leading
Innovator of Complete Programmable Logic Solutions

7. How Customers Use Programmable Logic
Xilinx provides standard parts – “Blank” Integrated Circuits
Customers create custom circuits with Xilinx Software Tools
When customer design is final, they go into immediate production

8. Typical Applications Communications Computers Instruments
Medical equipment
Defense electronics
Consumer electronics

9. Why Customers Turn to Xilinx
Faster design time than gate arrays – weeks versus months
No up front engineering charges
No waiting for prototypes 3 6

10. Xilinx Products CPLD FPGA
Complex Programmable Logic Device Field-Programmable Gate Array
Architecture PAL/22V10-like Gate array-like
More Combinational More Registers + RAM
Density Low-to-medium Medium-to-high
0.5-10K logic gates 1K to 3.2M system gates
Performance Predictable timing Application dependent
Up to 250 MHz today Up to 200 MHz today
Interconnect “Crossbar Switch” Incremental

11. Programmable Logic Design Flow1
Design Entry in schematic, ABEL, VHDL, and/or Verilog.
Implementation includes Placement & Routing and bitstream generation using Xilinx’s M1 Technology. Also, analyze timing, view layout, and more. 2
XC4000
Download directly to the Xilinx hardware device(s) with unlimited reconfigurations* !! 3

12. Xilinx Programmable Logic in your Curriculum