Xilinx Spartan-3A FPGA Honored for Low Power Capabilities With Portable Design 2008 Editor's Choice Award
World's lowest-cost FPGA family recognized by industry's leading resource for portable application designers SAN JOSE, Calif., March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), the world's leading provider of programmable solutions today announced that Portable Design magazine has named the Xilinx(R) Spartan(TM)-3A I/O-optimized FPGA family as a recipient of the 2008 Editor's Choice Award in the programmable logic category (http://www.portabledesign.com/). Awarded annually, the awards recognize innovative electronic components that make possible the design of leading-edge portable products. While not apparent to consumers, these products are the underlying technology that puts the 'cool' in cell phones, MP3 players and a wide range of consumer devices.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGO) The low-cost Spartan-3A family was selected among thousands of new products based on its low-power capabilities. Xilinx Spartan-3A devices provide the industry's leading power management solution with built-in dual power management modes, enabling instant power savings and eliminating the need for external components such as regulators, heat sinks, buffers, etc. Spartan-3A devices provide more than 40 percent static power reduction in suspend mode and up to 99 percent in hibernate mode.
"Every year Portable Design singles out for recognition those new products that we consider to be the most innovative, choosing from among the thousands of product releases that cross our desks," said John Donovan, Portable Design's editor in chief. "The Xilinx Spartan-3A devices were selected based upon their unique dual power-saving features, making them ideal for portable applications, which is what we're all about." "We are extremely honored by the recognition of the Spartan-3A family by Portable Design," said David Loftus, vice president and general manager of the General Products Division at Xilinx. "This award is underscored by the success we have seen in portable, high volume, low-power applications such as digital cameras and camcorders." Delivering Lowest Total Cost Today's high-volume application designers demand lower system cost, higher system integration, and faster time to market. Xilinx has addressed these demands through it multi-platform strategy, providing domain-optimized platforms designed specifically to meet different customer requirements in a wide variety of high volume market segments. This approach has resulted in rapid growth for the Spartan FPGA series, which has grown to over 25 percent of company revenue since its introduction. Through the industry's broadest offering of low-cost device package options, most comprehensive IP library (8x) and vast selection of turnkey development boards, Xilinx(R) solutions eliminate the need for additional standard board components, thus reducing overall total cost by up to 50 percent as compared to competing FPGAs. Low Cost Design Security with DeviceDNA Technology Xilinx Spartan-3A devices offer the ability to deter unauthorized manufacturing such as cloning, overbuilding, and reverse engineering with its unique DeviceDNA serial number. This permanent ID code safeguards hardware and software IP, providing designers with the flexibility to implement custom algorithms that enable authentication, deter cloning, and control IP activation.
About Portable Design Magazine For the past 11 years Portable Design has been "the engineer's resource for portable applications." Each month, Portable Design delivers news, product reviews and feature articles focusing on consumer electronics, portable power and wireless communications. With editions in the United States, China and Taiwan, Portable Design is the only magazine dedicated exclusively to the interests of engineers creating portable electronic devices. For more information on Portable Design magazine, visit http://www.portabledesign.com/. About Xilinx Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/. #0838p Editorial Contact: First Call Analyst: Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020822/XLNXLOGO086 CONTACT: Tamara Snowden of Xilinx, Inc., +1-408-879-6146, Web site: http://www.xilinx.com/
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