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Pentek releases new Onyx family 3U VPX board, based on Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA

Amanda Harvey — Thu, 01 May 2014 20:24:41 +0000

Pentek has announced the Model 52751, the newest addition to the Onyx family. The Model 52571 is a two-channel, wideband transceiver 3U VPX board, based on the Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA. It is suitable for connection to HF or IF ports of communication or radar systems.

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Online FPGA Pinout Reference Tool

Monique DeVoe — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 16:58:57 +0000

Interactive reference tool “Pins” by Opal Kelly replaces PDF and text-based reference materials with browser-based tool aims to help usability and reduce errors.

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Connectivity kit for high-performance applications enables accelerated productivity

Amanda Harvey — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:11:06 +0000

Xilinx, Inc. has announced its new 40 Gbps platform Virtex-7 FPGA VC709 Connectivity Kit. This kit enables designers to streamline productivity for high-bandwidth/performance applications, such as high frequency trading appliances, network interface cards for security, and network monitoring.

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Guest Blog: The “Ultra” Zetta FPGA Era Has Arrived

Monique DeVoe — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:06:12 +0000

Xilinx and Altera recently announced new product launches – Xilinx’s UltraScale ASIC class ICs, and Altera’s Stratix Generation 10. Analysis of the available hardware, tool, and other information on both products shows what might be in store for designers with these new developments.

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Guest Blog: Scalable design style using SystemVerilog for FPGA designers

Monique DeVoe — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 19:23:01 +0000

In situations were ASICs were previously used, designers are now exploring the use of FPGAs and using FPGAs for prototypes. FPGAs have come a long way in recent years, and the advancements in SystemVerilog tool support have made it an excellent tool for FPGA development.

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Guest Blog: Where Is My $2 FPGA?

Monique DeVoe — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 16:58:14 +0000

FPGAs have been brimming with gates since the .2 micron barrier was broken, and those gates are cheaper than ever. But they’re still competing with lower-cost microcontrollers… and losing. Or are they?

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Avnet Electronics Marketing Announces Motor Control App Kit

Monique DeVoe — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 23:51:05 +0000

The Xilinx Zync-7000 All Programmable SoC features an ARM dual-core Cortex-A9 processor + 28 nm programmable logic and the Analog Devices Intelligent Drives Kit delivers high-precision data converters and digital isolation to quickly prototype high-performance motor control, medical, surveillance, machine vision, and dual GbE industrial networking connectivity.

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Xilinx and Alpha Data Announce Collaboratively Developed FPGA Acceleration Networking Processing Board

Monique DeVoe — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:34:43 +0000

Alpha Data’s ADM-PCIE-7V3 FPGA processing card uses a Xilinx-7 FPGA for a power-efficient, high-performance acceleration. The card is targeted to increasing data throughput optimizing computing cluster performance for data center applications.

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Tokyo Electron Device Limited Releases Virtex-7 FPGA Development Test Platform

Monique DeVoe — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 21:26:36 +0000

The TB-7VX-xxxT-PCIEXP series Virtex-7 FPGA evaluation platform for next-gen, high-performance applications comes in three models in three FPGA logic sizes. It supports large-scale PCI Express Gen3 for demanding applications like next-gen wired communication, large-scale SoC prototyping, and high-speed data processing.

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Mix and Match Any Virtex 7-based FPGA Modules in V7 Prototyping System

Monique DeVoe — Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:47:29 +0000

To meet the demands of ASIC and SOC prototyping, PRO DESIGN launched the proFPGA Prototying System that includes proFPGA Builder software. Two proFPGA Xilinx Virtex 7 XCV2000T FPGA modules have a capacity that ranges up to 24M ASICA gates. Capacity is expanded by the use of a maximum of five proFPGA duo or quad systems.

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