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Steven K. Knapp
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I thought this might be of interest to the group.
The Spartan-3 Starter Kit Board "Market-ese" press release is below. The
details, including the full board documentation and schematics is available
via the
following links. Likewise, you can order the US$99 board online. If you
need additional system capabilities, Xilinx' distributor partners offer
boards with even more capabilities.
Spartan-3 Starter Kit Board
http://www.xilinx.com/products/spartan3/s3boards.htm
UG130: Spartan-3 Starter Kit Board User Guide [2.32 MB]
http://www.xilinx.com/bvdocs/userguides/ug130.pdf
Order Online
http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/productview.jsp?sGlobalNavPick=PURCHASE&sSecondaryNavPick=&category=-21488
Spartan-3 Partner Boards
http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/board_results.jsp?sGlobalNavPick=&sSecondaryNavPick=&category=-1210305&device_family=1799&category=/Xilinx+Product+Catalog/Hardware+and+Cables/Development+Boards/Spartan-3
RELEASE: Xilinx Delivers Lowest Cost, Easy-to-use $99 Spartan-3 FPGA
Starter Kit
Complete Environment to Develop and Verify Spartan-3 FPGA Designs
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 29, 2004 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced
the immediate availability of its Spartan-3 Starter Kit, an easy-to-use, low
cost development system that provides instant access to the complete
platform capabilities of the Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA family. The $99 kit
provides all the elements needed to develop, debug and complete a design,
including software, JTAG programming cables and training material. It
provides designers with an industry-leading FPGA-based solution for bringing
to market a broad range of consumer electronics, industrial, data processing
and communication applications.
"The Spartan-3 Starter Kit offers an excellent introduction to the redefined
programmable logic landscape pioneered by the Spartan-3 Platform FPGA
family," said Kapil Shankar, senior director of marketing at Xilinx. "We're
committed to making it as easy as possible for engineers to quickly harness
the flexibility of FPGAs and accelerate the transition from ASICs for their
low cost, high volume system applications."
Spartan-3 Starter Kit
---------------------------------------------------------
The Starter Kit is a complete development environment based on the Xilinx
XC3S200, a 200,000-gate Spartan-3 Platform FPGA, and includes the following
design resources:
a.. Development board with the XC3S200 FPGA, configuration PROM and 1Mbyte
SRAM
b.. Rich set of I/O and interfaces such as RS232, VGA and PS/2 ports
c.. JTAG Programming Cable and Universal Power Supply
d.. Xilinx ISE Foundation and WebPACK Design Software
e.. Programmable Logic Guide and Spartan-3 Resource CD
About Xilinx Spartan-3 Platform FPGAs
---------------------------------------------------------
Ranging from 50,000 to 5 million system gates, the 90nm Spartan-3 platform
is the world's lowest-cost FPGA with unrivaled price points to address
customer demand for low-cost solutions. Spartan-3 FPGAs offer more density
and features in its class to allow customers to reduce overall system costs
through integration. Spartan-3 FPGAs offer a combination of highest embedded
block and distributed RAM and up to 784 I/Os. For complete information about
Spartan-3 FPGAs, visit http://www.xilinx.com/spartan3.
Pricing and Availability
---------------------------------------------------------
Priced at just $99 USD, the Spartan-3 Starter Kit is immediately available
through authorized Xilinx distributors or direct from the Xilinx online
store. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com/s3boards.
---------------------------------
Steven K. Knapp
Applications Manager, Xilinx Inc.
General Products Division
Spartan-3/II/IIE FPGAs
http://www.xilinx.com/spartan3
---------------------------------
Spartan-3: Make it Your ASIC
The Spartan-3 Starter Kit Board "Market-ese" press release is below. The
details, including the full board documentation and schematics is available
via the
following links. Likewise, you can order the US$99 board online. If you
need additional system capabilities, Xilinx' distributor partners offer
boards with even more capabilities.
Spartan-3 Starter Kit Board
http://www.xilinx.com/products/spartan3/s3boards.htm
UG130: Spartan-3 Starter Kit Board User Guide [2.32 MB]
http://www.xilinx.com/bvdocs/userguides/ug130.pdf
Order Online
http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/productview.jsp?sGlobalNavPick=PURCHASE&sSecondaryNavPick=&category=-21488
Spartan-3 Partner Boards
http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xebiz/board_results.jsp?sGlobalNavPick=&sSecondaryNavPick=&category=-1210305&device_family=1799&category=/Xilinx+Product+Catalog/Hardware+and+Cables/Development+Boards/Spartan-3
RELEASE: Xilinx Delivers Lowest Cost, Easy-to-use $99 Spartan-3 FPGA
Starter Kit
Complete Environment to Develop and Verify Spartan-3 FPGA Designs
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 29, 2004 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced
the immediate availability of its Spartan-3 Starter Kit, an easy-to-use, low
cost development system that provides instant access to the complete
platform capabilities of the Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA family. The $99 kit
provides all the elements needed to develop, debug and complete a design,
including software, JTAG programming cables and training material. It
provides designers with an industry-leading FPGA-based solution for bringing
to market a broad range of consumer electronics, industrial, data processing
and communication applications.
"The Spartan-3 Starter Kit offers an excellent introduction to the redefined
programmable logic landscape pioneered by the Spartan-3 Platform FPGA
family," said Kapil Shankar, senior director of marketing at Xilinx. "We're
committed to making it as easy as possible for engineers to quickly harness
the flexibility of FPGAs and accelerate the transition from ASICs for their
low cost, high volume system applications."
Spartan-3 Starter Kit
---------------------------------------------------------
The Starter Kit is a complete development environment based on the Xilinx
XC3S200, a 200,000-gate Spartan-3 Platform FPGA, and includes the following
design resources:
a.. Development board with the XC3S200 FPGA, configuration PROM and 1Mbyte
SRAM
b.. Rich set of I/O and interfaces such as RS232, VGA and PS/2 ports
c.. JTAG Programming Cable and Universal Power Supply
d.. Xilinx ISE Foundation and WebPACK Design Software
e.. Programmable Logic Guide and Spartan-3 Resource CD
About Xilinx Spartan-3 Platform FPGAs
---------------------------------------------------------
Ranging from 50,000 to 5 million system gates, the 90nm Spartan-3 platform
is the world's lowest-cost FPGA with unrivaled price points to address
customer demand for low-cost solutions. Spartan-3 FPGAs offer more density
and features in its class to allow customers to reduce overall system costs
through integration. Spartan-3 FPGAs offer a combination of highest embedded
block and distributed RAM and up to 784 I/Os. For complete information about
Spartan-3 FPGAs, visit http://www.xilinx.com/spartan3.
Pricing and Availability
---------------------------------------------------------
Priced at just $99 USD, the Spartan-3 Starter Kit is immediately available
through authorized Xilinx distributors or direct from the Xilinx online
store. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com/s3boards.
---------------------------------
Steven K. Knapp
Applications Manager, Xilinx Inc.
General Products Division
Spartan-3/II/IIE FPGAs
http://www.xilinx.com/spartan3
---------------------------------
Spartan-3: Make it Your ASIC