Xilinx Puts Spotlight on Design Tips and System Development at First Ever FPGA Summit

Xilinx Puts Spotlight on Design Tips and System Development at First Ever FPGA Summit

What: FPGA Summit (http://www.fpgasummit.com)

Where: Wyndham Hotel, San Jose, Calif.

When: December 9-11, 2008

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ — FPGA, development tool, DSP and embedded experts from Xilinx(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) will be presenting the advantages of using programmable logic for advanced electronic product development at the first ever FPGA Summit, Dec. 9-11 at the Wyndham Hotel in San Jose. Xilinx experts will be delivering in-depth tutorials, technical papers, panel discussions and expert tables on many topics ranging from basic design tips, to complex embedded and DSP system designs for specific applications and markets.

The following is a list of Xilinx activities throughout the FPGA Summit.

Tutorials:

Topic: Security Solutions with Partial Reconfiguration

Speaker: Eric Shiflet

Time: 8:30AM – Noon

Date: December 9

Topic: High Definition DVI/HDMI Video Design Using Spartan(TM)-3A TMDS I/O

Speaker: Bob Feng

Time: 1:00 – 5:00PM

Date: December 9

Topic: Video System Design with Simulink and Xilinx FPGAs

Speakers: Tim Vanevenhoven (with Alan Hwang, The MathWorks)

Time: 1:00 – 5:00PM

Date: December 9

Topic: Power Optimization for FPGA Designs

Speaker: Matt Klein

Time: 2:40 – 5:00PM

Date: December 10

Topic: Platform FPGA Automated Regression Test Methodology

Speakers: Peter Ryser and Dan Isaacs

Time: 2:40 – 5:00PM

Date: December 10

Hands on Sessions:

Topic: Synchronous DRAM Interfaces in Xilinx FPGAs

Speakers: Oliver Garreau and Adrian Cosoroaba

Time: 8:30AM – Noon

Date: December 9

Topic: Introduction to Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) and MicroBlaze(TM)

Speaker: Troy Jones (Avnet)

Time: 1:00 – 5:00PM

Date: December 9

Panels:

Topic: Year in Review

Speaker: Dan Isaacs

Time: 5:00 – 7:00PM

Date: December 9

Topic: Design Tips

Speaker: Dan Isaacs

Time: 8:30 – 11:10AM

Date: December 10

Topic: Top Ten Things You Need to Know About FPGAs Today

Speaker: Navneet Rao

Time: 2:00 – 3:00PM

Date: December 11

Papers:

Topic: Breaking the Gigahertz Barrier with Software Offload Engines (SOEs)

Speaker: Glenn Steiner

Time: 8:30 – 9:45AM

Date: December 10

Topic: Analyzing Programmable SoC Processing for High-Performance Streaming Applications

Speakers: Dan Isaacs (with David Pellerin, Impulsa Accelerated Technologies)

Time: 10:05 – 11:10AM

Date: December 10

Chat with the Experts:

Bob Feng: Consumer Applications

Eric Shiflet (with Rich Fetik, Data Confidential): Security Glenn Steiner: High-Performance Computing

Time: 7:00 – 8:30PM

Date: December 10

About The FPGA Summit

The FPGA Summit is the only practitioner-oriented conference dedicated entirely to FPGAs and their applications. It is intended for system designers, hardware and software engineers, product marketing and marketing communications specialists, test engineers and engineering and marketing managers. It features keynote, half-day tutorials, paper and panel sessions, and expert tables. Subjects include reconfigurable computing, communications/networking applications, DSP applications, verification, military/defense applications, low power design, computer applications, market research, design tips, testing and reliability, on-board processors and security. The Summit also includes exhibits of latest products. For more information, visit http://www.fpgasummit.com.

About Xilinx

Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/

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Editorial Contacts:

Bruce Fienberg

Xilinx, Inc.

(408) 879-4631

bruce.fienberg@xilinx.com

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