Xilinx Korea (Branch Manager Ahn Heung-sik) March 6, 2013 – Xilinx announced solutions to address the ASIC and ASSP supply gap targeting next-generation smarter networks and data centers. To narrow the widening gap, Xilinx is focusing on securing and developing key application expertise and services using its All Programmable FPGA, SoC and 3D IC, as well as the SmartCORE™ IP portfolio. Xilinx's new solutions target customers seeking to rapidly develop, differentiate and evolve intelligent architecture-centric data centers and SDN (Software Defined Networking), LTE and LTE Advanced wireless HetNet "many-band" SON (Self-Organizing Network), 400G and Nx100G OTN solutions through high availability, low latency, low jitter, and high Quality of Service (QoS).

Krishna Rangasayee, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Xilinx Communications Business Unit, stated, "Due to rising design costs, continuously changing demanding device requirements, and the need for intelligence and adaptability, ASICs and ASSPs for applications such as OTN are rapidly disappearing from the market." He added, "This trend is expected to dominate next-generation wired and wireless networks and data centers. Additionally, our key customers do not want products identical to those of competitors."

Bridging the Growing Gap Between ASIC and ASSP
The reality facing most ASIC and ASSP suppliers:
1. Inability to meet complex requirements for intelligence, flexibility and adaptability demanded by next-generation systems
2. Difficulty addressing rapidly evolving and fragmented networking and data center standards and application demands
3. Challenge in providing differentiated functionality to customers through proprietary "secret sauce"

Due to these issues arising from rapidly increasing IC design cycles and costs, customers are experiencing a serious solution gap. ASSPs and ASICs reach market too late to meet OEM or operator requirements. Additionally, they are often designed to be overly complex in order to satisfy diverse customer requirements, resulting in failure to provide features optimized for target applications, and offering only limited functionality in differentiating end products. Customers frequently experience these gaps when utilizing ASIC and ASSP supplier solutions.

SmartCORE IP Building Blocks for Smarter Systems
Xilinx® SmartCORE IP is used with ARM® processor-based Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoC, FPGA, and 3D IC, providing the technological foundation needed for developing diverse next-generation applications ranging from data center security appliances and resource-optimized top-of-rack (TOR) switches to efficient mobile backhaul modems and smarter wired access equipment. Representative examples of SmartCORE IP-based solutions include the following.

1. "Service-level-aware" packet-based processing solution for OTN networks of 100G and above with dynamic QoS adjustment functionality
2. Custom DPD & CFR for Class 1 MC-GSM power amplifier linearization with 60MHz transmission bandwidth including unified ARM processor-based control for LTE and LTE Advanced wireless
3. 80Gbps data center NIC solution with high-granularity traffic management functionality providing high-volume traffic flow provisioning capable of supporting new services and related service monetization

Adding Customer and Service "Secret Sauce"
By rapidly assembling unique combinations of SmartCORE IP embedded in Xilinx's highly flexible All Programmable devices, differentiated "secret sauce" consisting of smart adaptive algorithms and features can be added. These differentiated features are enabled through programmable hardware or ARM processor-based programmable software. Xilinx provides application expertise support from the early stages of architecture design to optimize customer designs, and plans to offer cutting-edge design services to customers requiring IP customization or complete system design support. Over the past two years, Xilinx has focused on securing and developing smarter solutions, and has replaced more than 200 ASICs and ASSPs across various applications in collaboration with leading customers.

More information on Xilinx solutions for smarter networks and data centers is available at www.xilinx.com/smarternetworks.

Xilinx Smarter Solution
The Xilinx Smarter Solution is a solution addressing the ASIC and ASSP supply gap targeting next-generation smarter networks and data centers. To narrow the widening gap, Xilinx is focusing on securing and developing key application expertise and services using its All Programmable FPGA, SoC and 3D IC, as well as the SmartCORE™ IP portfolio. Xilinx's new solutions target customers seeking to rapidly develop, differentiate and evolve intelligent architecture-centric data centers and SDN (Software Defined Networking), LTE and LTE Advanced wireless HetNet "many-band" SON (Self-Organizing Network), 400G and Nx100G OTN solutions through high availability, low latency, low jitter, and high Quality of Service (QoS).