Virtex-II Pro FPGA 客户评语 更新于2009-12-11 13:34:43 文章出处:与非网

　"To build the next big thing you need the next big tools，said P.J. Singh，chief technical office and vice president of Engineering at Allegro Networks，Inc. "Our multi-router system uses Xilinx Virtex-E and Virtex-II series FPGAs. These newly integrated processor core engines and high-speed serial transceivers in Virtex-II Pro devices will be an integral component in our future generation of products." - Mr. P.J. Singh，Chief Technical Officer and VP of Engineering，Allegro Networks，Inc.

　“Because we had access in advance to the preliminary information for the Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs，we were able to evaluate the architecture for our needs. We've verified and are encouraged that it matches very well with the architecture of our next generation of high capacity optical multiservice nodes and gateways.”- Mr. Stefano Gastaldello，Optical Multiservice Networks/ASICs Lab Manager，Alcatel，Italy

　“Xilinx was the only FPGA vendor we believed could handle this important，leading-edge assignment. We had to overcome some hurdles together，because we were pushing FPGA technology where it had never gone before. Xilinx Platform FPGA technology is an important weapon in Cray's design arsenal，because its reconfigurable logic gives us the potential to reduce design verification requirements and alleviate prototyping and other charges associated with traditional ASIC designs.”- Gary Shorrel，Cray SV1 Engineering Project Leader

　“InfiniBand architecture will change the way servers are built and deployed. The flexibility of bridging FPGAs supporting multiple I/O interconnects including InfiniBand technology allows the industry more flexibility in their enterprise designs.”- Jim Pappas，Director of Initiative Marketing，Enterprise Platform Group，Intel

　“Combining our respective leadership technologies in programmable logic and RISC processor cores is the natural next step in high-performance embedded system design. The popularity and widespread acceptance of the IBM PowerPC family underlines the success of the architecture for networking，communications，pervasive computing，and IT/storage applications. The synergy with Xilinx is borne in the successful delivery of this revolutionary semiconductor family.”- Ron Tessitore，Vice President PowerPC and Networking Technology Development，IBM Microelectronics

　“Critical requirements for high performance visual computing are processing speed，high gate density for parallel operations and as much memory bandwidth as possible. Xilinx Virtex-II Pro provides us with the combination of speed，density and memory bandwidth，along with a superb development environment that enables Quantum3D to address the needs of the advanced visual simulation and training and embedded visual computing markets without having to use custom ASICs.”- Ross Q. Smith，Founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing，Quantum3D

　“Based on the proven SkyRailTM 3.125 Gbps IO technology，the high-performance Virtex-II Pro Rocket I/OTM transceivers provide seamless connections to both our iScaleTM switch fabric and our family of backplane transceivers to deliver maximum network bandwidth efficiency for packet switching and crossconnect applications.”- Richard Egan，Vice President，San Jose Development Center，Mindspeed Technologies

　“RapidIO is a key interconnect technology for networking and embedded systems requiring extremely high transmission rates of data between chips or between boards. The Virtex-II Pro FPGAs，including both 3.125 Gbps serial transceivers and LVDS I/Os，will play an important role in supporting high performance networking systems，including linking Motorola communications processors，network processors，and customer specific logic using both Parallel and Serial RapidIO interconnect technology.”- Dan Bouvier，Architecture Manager，High Performance Systems Design Center，Motorola

　“We have our design work underway for our RapidIO product line. The integration of the PowerPC processors and high-speed serial transceivers in Virtex-II Pro will accelerate our product to market and save on the PCB costs.”- Mr. Eric Yu，Hardware Director，Mercury Computers

　“Virtex-II Pro is yet another powerful building block at the disposal of system designers implementing higher layer solutions to interconnect with our POS-PHY Level 4 based XENON family of devices.”- Steve Perna，Vice President and General Manager，Optical Networking Division，PMC-Sierra

　“Xilinx Platform FPGAs are a major element in the state-of-the-art architecture of our 3070 In-Circuit Test Platform. This new architecture offers unprecedented benefits to our customer's manufacturing process. Xilinx technology offers great manufacturing flexibility.”- Marty Leeke，3070 Product Manager，Agilent

　“Having early access to the design tools for the Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA and the preliminary information，we've begun early design work for a client project involving secure，high-speed video transmission. What we've seen in the Virtex-based product tools with the combination of the PowerPC processors and high-speed serial transceivers will accelerate time-to-market and reduce overall costs because of the functional integration we're leveraging in this new FPGA.”- Mr. Chris Hallahan，Vice President of Sales and Marketing，Nuvation Engineering

　“Xilinx Virtex-II Platform FPGAs provided an excellent system design platform for creating our new Dual High Definition，Dual Standard Definition，and ATSC-DVB I/O cards for our MediaStream Servers. The flexible nature of Xilinx Virtex-II FPGAs and the ease of reconfiguration along with their high performance architecture allowed us to address multiple applications in a single device. The Xilinx FPGAs provided a critical time to market advantage and future feature enhancement capability which makes our systems highly valuable and future proof to our discerning broadcast customers all over the world.”- Matt Klein，System Architect for MediaStream Server Products，Pinnacle Systems

　“We've begun early design work for our Widebeam module with the Virtex-II Pro devices. The PowerPC405 meets our performance requirements and we have our design work underway for this product. We can leap frog our product to market while saving PCB costs due to the FPGA feature integration.”- Jan Mennekens，CTO，M-TEC WIRELESS，a leading developer in wireless high speed network modules for SOHO and residential users

　“With the immersion of PowerPC cores，Xilinx has developed the optimal platform to implement our storage network designs. Virtex-II Pro devices provide the critical elements of system-level design，including high-speed serial I/O，making it an ideal combination for our next generation products. Moreover，the unique architectural synthesis design environment allows us to make hardware and software tradeoffs throughout the design cycle.”- Sandy Helton，Executive Vice President and CTO，SAN Valley

　“Xilinx FPGAs provided the reconfigurable nature we needed for our innovative design. Our UnityOne products provide a new breed of security solutions that can be adapted in the field，even after customer installation. As a result，we were able to leverage Xilinx FPGAs to give us the speed and flexibility we needed.”- Marc Willebeek-LeMair，Chief Technology Officer，TippingPoint

　“Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs allow a faster，easier，and more cost efficient development cycle for our high performance systems，thus reducing our development time and minimizing risk. By combining all the critical system components such as microprocessors，memory，IP peripherals，and high speed I/O，Xilinx has developed an FPGA with big benefits for those of us who must support tomorrow's high speed busses before the standards are approved.”- Dale Smith，President of Data Transit

　“By working closely with the leader in programmable logic，we have been able to fully exploit the power behind our new flexible hardware architecture and create the world's most technologically advanced streaming server. Xilinx FPGAs offer unprecedented performance，as is evident in the speed and efficiency of our servers. Our servers have an extended life cycle because of Xilinx FPGAs - we can literally reconfigure the FPGA from a remote location，thus increasing the longevity of our hardware and reducing the total cost of ownership for our customers.”- Richard Oesterreicher，Chief Technology Officer，MidStream

　“Our product strategy involves frequent performance and functional upgrades，as digital broadcast technology is evolving rapidly. The flexibility and extensive reconfiguration features of Xilinx Platform FPGAs were therefore very important to the project. In addition，future enhancements can be applied in the field through a simple firmware update.”- Alain Untersee，Director，Product Management and Marketing，Digital Broadcasting Technologies，Harris Broadcast，Europe

　“We made a strategic call to push the edge of the envelope on FPGAs with the confidence we wouldn't need to move to an ASIC for production. We implemented our logic using 100 percent Xilinx FPGAs. We knew that Xilinx Platform FPGAs could hit the density and performance points we needed and as a result we reduced risk，time-to-market and cost. Xilinx FPGAs helped to shorten our time to market by six months.”- Conrad Clemson，Vice President of Engineering，Gotham Networks

　“Field upgradability is a must for professional broadcast equipment，especially when you consider how important it is to stay on top of all the evolving standards in digital video.”Xilinx Platform FPGAs offered the time-to-market benefits required to get our new products into the hands of customers in record time.“- Rakesh Patel，Senior Design Engineer，Evertz Microsystems Ltd.

　“The ability to observe the internal operations of the logic in an FPGA is a real benefit that speeds up system design. Without ChipScope，a design problem may take days to resolve，but now it can be solved in hours. In order to achieve the performance Italtel required，we used the largest and fastest Virtex-II FPGAs to develop FlexBench.”- Marco Pavesi，FlexBench Project Leader，Italtel，Europe