September Newsletter - Virtex UltraScale VCU110 FPGA Evaluation Kit Now Available

Top Story Virtex UltraScale VCU110 FPGA Evaluation Kit Now Available The Virtex® UltraScale™ VCU110 FPGA evaluation kit from Xilinx® is the perfect development environment for evaluating the performance, system integration and bandwidth provided by Virtex UltraScale devices. Kit highlights include the Virtex UltraScale VU190 FPGA, 4GB HMC memory, 1Gb RLDRAM 3 memory, four CFP4 optical interfaces, a 28Gbps FCI backplane interface, a 20-GTY Interlaken interface, 144-Mbit QDR II+ SRAM, and two FMC HPC Interfaces. Learn more » Featured News Zynq Case Study: National Instruments In 2011, National Instruments made the decision to standardize on the Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoC for its line of RIO value controllers. Eight derivatives later, NI has achieved with the Zynq®-7000 All Programmable SoC 4x improved performance for its products, 60% cost reduction, 30% shorter design schedules (PDF). Read more » Xilinx Launches New Xcell Software Journal Publication The cover story of this first issue of Xcell Software Journal delivers an overview of the new C/C++ and OpenCL development environments and software development resources from Xilinx and its Alliance members. The issue includes a rich set of feature stories detailing how software developers can use Xilinx's SDAccel™ development environment for data center application acceleration, and how embedded developers can easily accelerate their system performance and lower system power by programming C/C++ in Xilinx's new SDSoC™ development environment. PDF version (8MB) » Web/mobile version (iPad/iPhone-compatible) » Xcell Journal Special Issue: Xilinx Customers Shape a Brilliant Future This special issue of Xcell Journal is packed with content celebrating how Xilinx users are leveraging Xilinx All Programmable products to create smarter, connected and differentiated innovations in truly life-changing markets such as Smart Video/Vision, ADAS/Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial IoT, 5G, SDN/NFV and Cloud Computing. PDF version (11MB) » Web/mobile version (iPad/iPhone-compatible) » Board and Kits News Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC ZC706 Evaluation Kit Optimized for JESD204B The Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC ZC706 Evaluation Kit Optimized for JESD204B provides a platform for high-speed analog data acquisition over JESD204B at maximum line rates of 12.5 Gbps. High-level design methodologies, IP, and verified reference designs are available to connect high-speed analog FMC cards with JESD204B through the GTX gigabit serial transceivers of the Zynq SoC. Learn more » HDMI Input/Output FMC Module With Camera Interface The FMC-HDMI-CAM FMC module provides high-definition video interfaces for Xilinx FMC-enabled baseboards. An HDMI video source can provide video content to the module. The module also provides an HDMI output to display FPGA-driven video content. The FMC module also provides a camera interface for optional camera modules. Learn more » Training News Xilinx Updates Embedded Design With PetaLinux Tools 2015.2 This intermediate-level, two-day course provides embedded systems developers with experience in creating an embedded Linux system targeting a Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC processor development board using PetaLinux tools. The course offers students hands-on experience with building the environment and booting the system using a Zynq SoC design with PetaLinux tools on the ARM® Cortex™-A9 processor. Learn more » Alliance Member News MathWorks Zynq SoC Programming Class Updated With New Material Programming Xilinx Zynq SoCs with MATLAB® and Simulink® has been updated for use with Xilinx Vivado® Design Suite and features new examples to explore. This hands-on, two-day course focuses on developing and configuring models in Simulink and deploying them on a Zynq SoC. A ZedBoard is provided to each attendee for use throughout the course and is yours to keep afterward. Learn more » SYSGO - New Features of Certified Hypervisor PikeOS Available for Zynq SoC platforms SYSGO has released version 4.0 of its Hypervisor PikeOS that gives manufacturers of smart systems access to the IoT and Industry 4.0. PikeOS 4.0 uses the most modern virtualization technologies in hardware and software. Support for industry-specific safety standards guarantee functional safety and IT security, especially protection against unauthorized access, manipulation and espionage. Learn more » HiTech Global Kintex UltraScale Development Platform The modular architecture of the HTG-K800 Kintex™ UltraScale platform provides great versatility through two industry-standard Vita57.1 FMC and one HTG high-speed bus using Samtec Z-Ray connector. Two high-pin-count (HPC) FMC connectors provide access to 320 single-ended I/Os and 20 high-speed serial transceivers of the on board Kintex UltraScale FPGA. The HTG high-speed bus provides access to 16 GTH serial transceivers, single-ended I/O pins for control functions, as well as adjustable power supplies for daughter cards such as Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC), QSFP+, SFP+, SMA breakout, and re-timer/gearbox interfaces (CFP2, CFP4, QSFP28, etc.) Learn more » Hardent Offers VESA Display Stream Compression (DSC) IP Cores to Assist With Delivering Next-Generation Displays DSC enables visually lossless compression for high-definition applications in the broadcast video, pro A/V, automotive, medical, and consumer electronics industries. Applications include video, graphics and display processors, video transport, display monitors, televisions, and DSC standard compliance test and measurement equipment. Learn more » Alpha Data Offers High Performance UltraScale KU115 Board With Interchangeable I/O for Deployable Systems Alpha Data announces a new COTS board ADM-XRC-KU1 based on the Xilinx UltraScale KU115. The DSP rich device is ideal for accelerating high computational tasks such as machine learning and video analytics. The board features include: 8GB of DDR4 memory, interchangeable I/O, system monitoring, and a built-in PCIe Gen2 endpoint with DMA. The board can be deployed in PCIe server/workstation machines or ruggedized for field operations. 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