Xilinx intros development kits for DSP developers

BANGALORE, INDIA: Xilinx Inc. today announced the availability of three new development kits that further extend the ability of digital signal processing (DSP) developers to adopt FPGAs in order to reach the highest levels of signal processing performance.

The new additions to the Xilinx DSP portfolio give developers the hardware, tools and reference designs to ensure a productive design flow across a diverse range of DSP applications said a press release.

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“We recognize that the market demands for DSP requirements and design approaches are broad and have thus worked with industry leaders to provide complete development platforms that deliver design methodologies aligned to the way developers work,” said Tim Erjavec, ssenior director, Platform Solutions and Services Marketing at Xilinx.

“Working together, we are delivering kits that provide developers with the ideal balance of FPGA, processor and DSP resources for a wide range of DSP applications in the areas of video, medical imaging, wireless, aerospace and defense and many other segments,” he added.

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Acording to the release, The DSP Targeted Design Platforms address application requirements across the performance spectrum, including specific focus on peak performance, price-optimized performance and co-processing acceleration. 

The new DSP development kits includes Virtex-6 FPGA DSP kit with integrated ADC/DAC capability, an enhanced low-cost Spartan-6 FPGA DSP Kit and a Spartan-6 FPGA Co-Processing DSP kit.

All three kits have integrated AMBA4 AXI4 interconnect and IP support, added the release.