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Xilinx manufactures a wide range of FPGA and CPLD devices, for a broad range of applications. These products range from inexpensive devices for glue logic (e.g. Coolrunner I/II CPLD devices), to high end performance FPGAs such as the Virtex II , Virtex II Pro , and the new Virtex 4 series.
Xilinx also develops Intellectual Property ( IP) for their devices. Known as IP cores, these predesigned HDL models allow designers to minimize time to market. These cores range from simple functions (such as BCD encoders, counters, etc) to complex systems (such as multi- gigabit networking cores and custom embedded microcontrollers.)
The Virtex II Pro and Virtex 4 series are of particular interest to system-on-a-chip SoC designers because they can include a hard IBM PowerPCPowerPC is a RISC microprocessor architecture created by the 1991 Apple- IBM- Motorola alliance, known as AIM''. The PowerPC was the CPU portion of the overall AIM platform, and is the only part to exist to date. History The history of the PowerPC begins 405 fixed core immersed within in the FPGA fabric. These designs are capable of running a regular embedded OS such as LinuxThis article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. See Linux kernel for the kernel itself. See Linux (washing powder) for the Swiss brand of washing powder. Tux, a plump penguin, is the official Linux mascot Linux is the n and interfacing with custom VHDL logic.