A new Evaluation Kit has been released by Xilinx, Inc aimed at developers of high-performance systems using its Artix-7 FPGA AC701. This kit features a Programmable Artix-7 200T device, design tools, IP and reference designs.
FPGAs in this range are aimed at low-end remote radio head, mobile backhaul, software defined radio, motor control and a broad range of other applications requiring high performance and a small footprint.
Featuring a mix of Analogue Mixed Signal (AMS), DDR3, DSP resources, parallel and serial I/O and other system-level capabilities, these FPGAs are said to help reduce BOM costs through programmable system integration.
The evaluation kit for this range of FPGAs includes a device locked license for the company’s Vivado Design Suite, Design Edition, what the company is claiming as the industry’s first SoC strength design environment.
This evaluation kit is said to offer more than ten reference designs including a PCIe and DDR3 subsystem with an IP license for the full version of Northwest Logic’s DMA Back-End Core for use in customer designs.
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