Simulation kit matches FPGA progress

The Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA simulation kit provides a set of topology templates, in-context HTML documentation and useful content for simulation of waveforms and eye patterns.

Zuken has released a free simulation design kit for the Virtex-5 FPGA from Xilinx.

The design tool delivers first-class signal integrity for 65nm FPGA designs.

The Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA simulation kit is for use with Zuken's high-speed design solution, CR-5000 Lightning and provides a set of topology templates, in-context HTML documentation and useful content for simulation of waveforms and eye patterns.

The templates help users to save time in designing and analysing printed circuit boards by eliminating many common manual tasks.

Because much of the pre-design work is already done, the templates within the simulation kit allow a user to plan and constrain a design more efficiently, even adhering to common pre-defined sets of standards.

"The creation of design kits to assist with the rapid adoption of technology for companies like us who use both Xilinx and Zuken products is sure to contribute to an increase in effective product development and we look forward to the further release of design kits to support the further cutting edge technology".

said Minoru Kinoshita, Chief Engineer, Panasonic AVC Networks Company.

Innovations in process technology, architecture and product development methodology have led to unprecedented performance gain and power reduction with Xilinx 65nm Virtex-5 FPGAs.

The LXT and SXT platforms offer 3.2Gbit/s low-power transceivers with built-in PCI Express endpoint and tri-mode Ethernet MAC blocks, allowing engineers to implement serial interfaces with the greatest ease of use.

All these benefits enable designers to differentiate their end products with increased performance and lower power while reducing design complexity and gaining time to market advantages.

"This design kit enables easy front-loaded verification of signal integrity in high-speed IO between memory and FPGA".

"The easier front-loaded verification made possible by the design kit helps improve design quality".

"Like many of our other co-operative projects, this enables us to continue progressing the usability of our high-speed design environment, CR-5000 Lightning; to better serve our customers", said Werner Rissiek, General Engineering Manager, Zuken Europe.

"With today's high clock rates and signal transitions in multi gigabits per second, designing of printed circuit boards can be challenging, especially in high-speed serial designs", said Per Holmberg, Xilinx Director of Programmable Digital Systems Marketing at Xilinx.

"This tool allows designers to streamline their Virtex-5 FPGA-based PCB designs, encouraging further serial adoption".

This simulation kit is available from 18th October and is provided free of charge to Zuken CR-5000 Lightning users via their LinkZ login.

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