XACTstep Product Series

XACTstep software solutions are available in three product series, making it easy for designers to choose the right system for their needs. All three support our broad spectrum of programmable logic IC families, allowing users to standardize on tools and design flows for all programmable logic applications.

XACTstep Core Technology

All XACTstep Software Solutions include powerful design implementation software, required for the physical implementation of logic designs into the targeted programmable logic device. This software integrates into the complete spectrum of logic design tools and methodologies, and offers the following key features to deliver optimum design results:

These capabilities enable automatic design implementation for all Xilinx device families, including the most complex designs. In addition, powerful auto-interactive tools and techniques provide designers with the flexibility to optimize design performance or utilization, and to efficiently manage design changes at any stage of the design process.

XACTstep Core Configurations

The Xilinx Foundation and Alliance product series are available in four core configurations, providing users with a cost effective way to match their design tools to the gate densities and design methodologies they require.

CPLD configurations provide solutions for Xilinx CPLD families, including the XC9500 and XC7300.

Base configurations feature push-button design flows for FPGA and CPLD devices up to 5,000 gates.

Standard configurations combine push button design flows with powerful auto-interactive capabilities for FPGA and CPLD devices up to 30,000 gates.

HD configurations provide the core tools and EDA integration support needed to design all Xilinx programmable logic devices, including the largest FPGA devices of the 4000EX family (Alliance Series only).

The Foundation Software Series provides designers with a complete shrink-wrapped solution for programmable logic design. This fully integrated tool set allows users to access design entry, synthesis, implementation, and simulation tools from a single graphical design environment. The Foundation Series features support for standards based HDL design, including VHDL and ABEL. Interactive HDL editing wizards and a multi-media VHDL tutorial help turn new users into experts quickly and easily. Foundation Series configurations are available for PC compatible platforms.

The Alliance Software Series is for designers who want to integrate Xilinx programmable logic design software into their existing EDA tool environment. With this series, designers can choose from the widest range of integrated design solutions in the industry, spanning schematic capture, synthesis, and PLD language based design methodologies and tools. Standards based design interfaces including EDIF, Verilog, and VHDL / VITAL simplify integration with EDA design environments and flows. For leading EDA environments, Xilinx includes libraries and design kits in Alliance Series configurations.

Alliance Series configurations are available for PC compatible, Sparc compatible, HP, and IBM RS6000 workstation platforms.

The System Level Integration (SLI) Software Series provides software products and technologies that enable designers to build complex, system-level applications with programmable logic. Xilinx LogiCore^TM solutions are the first set of products in the SLI Series. LogiCores are fully verified and pre-implemented system level functions that designers can utilize into programmable logic designs. Utilization of these functions can save up to 6 months of design time, resulting in dramatic savings in engineering resources and acceleration in time to market.

Initial LogiCore offerings feature a complete, fully implemented PCI bus interface module. Additional modules for DSP, telecommunications, and complex logic applications are currently in development.

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