SAN JOSE, Calif., March 23, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced that it will showcase targeted design platforms supporting its industry-leading high-performance and low-cost FPGAs at the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) in Silicon Valley, including demonstrations of the new Virtex(R)-6 and Spartan(R)-6 families. Xilinx will also conduct hands-on workshops and technical presentations in addition to demonstrations at its booth (#1420).

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What: Embedded Systems Conference 2009

Where: McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA, Booth #1420

When: March 30 - April 4, 2009

Exhibits: March 31 - April 2, 2009

Xilinx FPGAs provide the foundation for targeted design platforms that enable system designers to increase productivity and minimize development costs through the use and reuse of IP, development boards and industry-leading tools. With programmability increasingly becoming an imperative to electronic manufacturers' ability to keep their innovative edge under challenging business and technological environments, these new targeted design platforms provide system designers with simpler and smarter methodologies for creating flexible FPGA-based system-on-chip solutions targeting a wide variety of markets and applications.

Free Xilinx Hands-On Workshops

Attendees can register for one of two on-site, 90-min workshops where they can get hands-on experience building FPGA-based Embedded and/or Digital Signal Processing systems using Xilinx targeted design platforms. ESC attendees can sign-up for these popular workshops at Xilinx booth #1420 or meeting room N. There will be a drawing for a free MP3 player after each workshop.

-- Implementing an HD-Video Control Plane Embedded Processing System

Tuesday March 31 @ 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m. & 5 p.m.

Using a Xilinx targeted design platform, attendees will implement an FPGA-based MicroBlaze(TM) processor system controlling an HD-video data pipeline with real-time object recognition. This workshop includes implementation of the processor system, connection of the video pipeline, addition of the video recognition engine, and viewing results of modified pipeline parameters.

-- FPGA-based Co-Processing for DSPs using Model Based Design

Wednesday April 1 @ 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Thursday April 2 @ 11 a.m., 1 p.m., & 3 p.m.

In this hands-on workshop co-instructed by Xilinx, Avnet, Texas Instruments, and The MathWorks, attendees will use a video motion estimation algorithm to learn how to employ model-based design techniques to develop a co-processing system consisting of a real-time image stabilization application running on a DSP and an FPGA.

Real-time demonstrations and live theater presentations at Booth #1420

    Tue    3/31   12 p.m. - 8 p.m.
    Wed    4/1    11:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
    Thu    4/2    11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Theater Presentations:

    --  25 Years of Innovation - Xilinx Customers Changing the World
    --  Targeted Design Platforms Address the Programmable Imperative
    --  Targeted Design Platform Example - Intelligent Video Demo

Product Demonstrations:

    --  Targeted Design Platform for Digital Signal Co-Processing
    --  Targeted Design Platform for PCI Express(R) Generation 2
    --  Targeted Design Platform for FPGA-Based Soft Processing
    --  Flexible Dual-Processor FPGA-Based System Design

Technical Conference Papers by Xilinx Distributor, Avnet

    --  Avnet: ESC-420 Implementing DSP Functions within FPGAs
        --  RC Cofer, Ben Harding, Scott Calkins, Thursday, April 2, 2 p.m. -
            3:15 p.m.
    --  Avnet: ESC-442 Designing with FPGAs
        --  RC Cofer, Ben Harding, Thursday, April 2, 3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

About ESC

ESC is where the global design engineering community gathers to learn, collaborate and celebrate innovation. Held in Silicon Valley, and other sites around the world, the Embedded Systems Conference empowers the global design engineering community with hundreds of essential technical training classes and accreditation opportunities. For more information and to register for ESC events visit http://esc-sv09.techinsightsevents.com/.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.

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Editorial Contact:
Bruce Fienberg
Xilinx, Inc.
408-879-4631
bruce.fienberg@xilinx.com

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