Spartan-3 FPGA 客户评语 更新于2009-12-11 13:38:46 文章出处:与非网

　“With today's announcement of low-cost FPGAs， Xilinx is positioned to initiate a new wave of innovative solutions aimed at empowering a whole range of applications that previously could not use FPGAs. The design alternatives open to engineers have been expanded by the new Spartan-3 family of FPGAs due to their high functionality， off-the-shelf availability and low cost structure； and clear advantages over custom ASICs when the major concern is to get to market faster.”- Richard Wawrzyniak， Senior Analyst for ASICs and SoCs， Semico Research Corporation

　“The companies that get into 90nm production first will get a tremendous advantage in lower cost due to higher yields. The die shrink will also lead to much higher-performing devices. Rivals who are late in 90nm process technology will fall behind and may not be able to catch up.”- Dan Hutcheson， Analyst， VLSI Research Inc.

　“Our deep collaboration with Xilinx is designed to help them provide added value to their customers through the use of IBM's advanced technologies. As evidenced by this shipment of the world's first 90nm programmable logic devices， that collaborative model is working. We look forward to driving further advances with Xilinx as our relationship continues to expand.”- Michael Concannon， Vice President， Foundry Service， IBM Microelectronics Division

　“We're very excited about our progress working with Xilinx for 90nm production. These accomplishments put UMC and Xilinx firmly at the forefront of IC manufacturing technology， and underscore the long history of our successful partnership. With the successful transition to 90nm， our partnership continues to demonstrate the tremendous synergies that are possible through close cooperation between a fabless industry leader and a foundry technology leader. Once again， UMC and Xilinx have set the benchmark for fabless/foundry cooperation.”- Fu Tai Liou， President， America Business Group， United Microelectronics （UMC）

　“Xilinx Spartan Series FPGAs provided a cost-effective， programmable alternative to ASICs. We chose the Spartan series FPGA because it provided us with a time-to-market advantage， the flexibility to make last minute changes， as well as impressive product support from Xilinx.”- Richard Beckert， Hardware Design Lead， Microsoft （Application： Automotive Telematics）

　“Xilinx Spartan FPGAs provided Xerox with a compact， high performance， and cost effective alternative to ASICs for our laser and solid ink printer lines，”said Mark Bortnem， design engineer in the Office Group at Xerox Corporation.“The new Spartan-3 devices， with more I/O and gates per dollar， will help us continue to develop leading edge printers at affordable prices for our customers.”- Mark Bortnem， Design Engineer， Xerox （Application： Laser Printer）

　“We have been using Xilinx products for many years in science， research， and teaching. Engineering the 5，200-FPGA BioWall machine was an extraordinary technical challenge. The Xilinx Spartan Series FPGA was the only FPGA on the market that matched our technical requirements and was available at a very low cost.”- Christof Teuscher， Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne （EPFL） （Application： BioWall Museum Exhibit）

　“Multiple uses of our MaGIC Digital Guitar would not have been financially or technically possible using traditional ASIC fixed logic. An ASIC platform would have required the design to be re-spun each time a change was made. The programmable nature of Xilinx Spartan Series FPGAs not only provided a flexible high-performance design platform for Gibson， it also provided the low cost silicon solution we needed to make it happen.”- Henry Juszkiewicz， Chairman and CEO， Gibson Guitar （Application： Digital Guitar）

　“In-car entertainment systems are being driven by consumer demand for more powerful communication features and extensive controls， integrated with traditional features of an MP3 CD system. Flexibility is key when designing in-car systems. Xilinx low cost Spartan Series FPGAs allowed us to stay ahead of our competition by getting to market first.”- Torsten Scherf， Vice President， Product management and Planning， Siemens VDO （Application： Automotive Entertainment System）

　“We developed the world's first wireless interactive audiovisual solution for Champ Car using Xilinx low cost Spartan Series FPGAs. Xilinx provided the low cost， high performance technology we needed to develop our innovative product in record time.”- Alain Charret， Vice President， Corporate Development， W.A.V.E.S. （Application： Wireless Audiovisual Consumer Device）

　“The Spartan-3 family from Xilinx will help to alter the ASIC vs. FPGA landscape by bringing reasonably complex designs into moderate cost points.”- Brian Daellenbach， President， Northwest Logic （Application： Design Services）

　“Xilinx Spartan Series FPGAs provided a cost-effective alternative to ASICs， eliminating ASIC-related development costs and speeding time-to-market. And because we used FPGAs in lieu of fixed logic， we can provide our customers with an efficient and reliable way to upgrade and customize features， at design time， or in the field.”- Phil Strong， CEO， Motion Engineering， Inc （MEI） （Application： Automotive Motor Control）

　“We have been using several generations of Xilinx low cost Spartan families successfully. A.D.C. is developing and producing driver assistance systems including automotive distance control systems. With the Xilinx Spartan family， the majority of analog signal processing is transferred into digital. This resulted in a significant price and performance advantage.”- Gerhard Mueller， Senior Development Engineer， A.D.C.， a division of Continental AG （Application： Automotive Telematics）

　“Xilinx Spartan Series FPGAs provided a low-cost， high-performance alternative to ASICs for our Ultrasound Diagnostic Systems， by enabling faster time to market， multiple design iterations， and overall lower system costs.”- Marco BrusacàSenior R&D Manager， Esaote Networking （Application： Medical Imaging （Ultrasound））

　“The Spartan-3 platform will certainly expand the opportunities for our FPGA-based IP core products by dramatically reducing the total cost of our customers' solutions. The combination of higher densities and lower price points provides an exciting programmable alternative for our ASIC customers.”- Hal Barbour， President， CAST， Inc.

　“Our security cores use thirty to fifty percent fewer FPGA resources than competing solutions. Combined with the industry-leading price points enabled by the Spartan-3 platform， they provide a potent combination that is unmatched by solutions based on any competing FPGA architecture. It also goes head-on with ASIC and standard-product based implementations. This will open whole new markets for us in high-volume applications that want FPGA flexibility at ASIC price points.”- Graeme Durant， president of Helion Technology Ltd.

　“Many applications that need this capability are high volume and cost sensitive， which in the past has driven customers to ASIC implementations. The Spartan-3 platform provides unmatched cost points that will easily drive programmable versions of our IP into these very same systems.”- Peter Parsons， President， Pinpoint Solutions， Inc.

　“We see the introduction of the Spartan-3 platform as a significant milestone for the FPGA industry. For the first time， FPGA users have access to 1M gates for under $20， throwing the doors wide open for designers to use more of our IP in high-volume applications.”- Davor Kovacec， CEO， Xylon

　“We believe this new class of low-cost Spartan-3 devices is targeting a larger portion of the total programmable IC market and our FPGA synthesis solutions are well suited to meet the needs of designers using Spartan-3 devices. We believe our FPGA synthesis technology， coupled with Xilinx place and route software， will enable our customers to use lower cost devices while quickly reaching their capacity and performance goals.”- Jeff Garrison， Director of Marketing for FPGA products， Synplicity

　“Many of our customers have wrestled with the decision between ASIC and FPGA implementations for their designs. The Spartan-3 platform seriously tips the scale towards the FPGA side with the first-ever combination of high-density， low price and programmability， all in one package. The decision just got easier for many of our customers.”- Simon Lau， President， Eureka Technology

　“With the introduction of the Spartan-3 platform， Xilinx continues to provide new solutions that deliver leading features at lower prices. Our FPGA-based IP core and design services business increases with each new Xilinx innovation. We expect to see heightened demand from our established FPGA customers as well as from traditional ASIC designers who now have access to four million gates at less than $100.”- Mark Buckhalt， Global director of Intellectual Property， Memec DesignA