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Considerations for
High-Bandwidth
TCP/IP PowerPC
Applications
The Xilinx Gigabit System
Reference Design maximizes
TCP/IP performance. 14
Virtex-4:
Breakthrough
Performance at
the Lowest Cost
Virtex-4 FPGAs deliver what
you’ve been looking for.
33
Implementing the
H.264/AVC Video
Coding Standard
on FPGAs
Xilinx Virtex FPGAs provide
excellent co-, pre-, and
post-processing hardware
acceleration solutions.
Simulink Brings
Model-Based Design
to Embedded
Signal Processing
40
The complexity of FPGA-based
signal processing systems
drives the need for new
development approaches.66
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View from the Top ................................................................6
Embedded with Xilinx............................................................9
Sign of the Times ...............................................................10
High-Bandwidth TCP/IP PowerPC Applications.........................14
Embedded Nucleus PLUS RTOS Using Xilinx EDK .....................17
MicroBlaze and PowerPC as Test Generators...........................20
Nohau Shortens Embedded Processor Debug Time...................23
Scalable Software-Defined Radio Development........................26
High-Speed Optical Burst Switching .......................................29
Virtex-4: Breakthrough Performance/Lowest Cost ...................33
Taking DSP to the Extreme ..................................................39
Implementing H.264/AVC Video Coding Standard ..................40
GSM Modem on a DSP/FPGA Architecture .............................44
Design Kits Turbo-Charge DSP Applications..............................48
System Generator to Create J.83 Cable Modulator ..................51
Implementing DSP Algorithms in FPGAs .................................56
XtremeDSP Slices Deliver More GMACs ..................................60
Image Processing Algorithms with System Generator ...............63
Simulink for Embedded Signal Processing...............................66
Interfacing Simulink to the Analog World ...............................70
Build Custom Real-Time Video Applications .............................74
Let System Generator Do the Handshaking.............................78
Early Access: The Designer’s Edge .........................................81
70 High-Speed Channels with 9 FPGAs..................................89
LIN Bus – Cost-Effective Alternative to CAN ............................92
Education Services Trims Learning Curve ................................96
Board of Education .............................................................99
Flexible and Adaptable IP Interconnection.............................101
Simplify FPGA Application Design with DIMEtalk....................104
Design Once for ASIC Prototypes.........................................108
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