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PHOENIX -- First Kit Aimed at Optimizing Embedded Applications within the Virtex-4 FX FPGA Family
Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), today released the Xilinx(R) Virtex(TM)-4 FX12 Evaluation Kit providing designers with a powerful platform for developing faster, more flexible embedded processing systems. The FX12 evaluation kit, developed by Avnet Design Services, features an XC4VFX12-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 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 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 (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, 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) serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in North America 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)
CONTACT:
Avnet Electronics Marketing
Jennifer Read, 480-643-2931
jennifer.read@avnet.com
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