The Quarterly Journal for
Xilinx Programmable Logic Users
Fourth Quarter, 1996

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In this Q4 '96 issue...

• Editorials
   Editorial : PLD Capacity and 'Gate Counting'
  By Bradly Fawcett
  One of the most difficult problems facing those of us who make, market, and sell programmable logic devices is establishing meaningful capacity metrics for our devices.
   Guest Editorial - One Size Does Not Fit All: Development System Products & Strategies
  By Kenn Perry, Director of Software Marketing
  Xilinx is addressing the needs of the low-, mid- and high-density classes of designers with three XACTstep^TM software solutions: the Foundation Series^TM, Alliance Series^TM and System Level Integration (SLI^TM) options.

• General News
   Customer Success Story - Swiss Engineers Use FPGAs to Link Supercomputing Processors
   RC Company of the Quarter - Mirotech Microsystems: Real-Time Reconfigurability for DSP Acceleration
   Xilinx Joins Virtual Socket Interface Alliance
   New AppLINX CD-ROM Shipped
   New Product Literature
   Upcoming Events
   Financial Results
   WebLINX and SmartSearch Agents Keep You Up-to-Date
   One-Day VHDL Seminar Now Available
   Updated Training Courses Available
   First Hands-On Workshop on Reconfigurable Computing

• Hardware and Software Products
   New XC9500 ISP Products in Volume Production
   The XC4000 Series of FPGAs: Five Million and Counting
   XC4000EX Family Enters Production
   Product Obsolescence Policy
   Xilinx to Discontinue Older XC4000A/H FPGA Devices
   New CPLD Software Updates
   HW-130 Device Programmer Update
   VITAL Model Support for XC9500 CPLDs

• Design Hints and Applications
   Implementing Median Filters in XC4000E FPGAs
   XC9500 ISP on the HP3070 Tester 
   Downloading CPLDs with an Embedded Processor
   Technical Support Resources
   Running XACTstep v5.2/6.0.x in a Windows NT Environment
   Technical Questions & Answers : Foundation, Mentor, Synopsys

• Status Charts
   Q4 '96 Component Availability Chart
   Q4 '96 Programmer Support
   Q4 '96 Alliance Partners : Products, Platforms, Contacts
   Q4 '96 Released Software Status

• Response Forms
   Fax Response Form

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