Xilinx Korea (Branch Manager Ahn Hung-sik) May 29, 2012– Xilinx announced the Kintex™-7 FPGA Embedded Kit. Through this product, system designers can easily and quickly implement programmable system integration in applications requiring processors that control diverse data streams, such as video and Ethernet switching, motor control, and medical imaging devices. As a Xilinx® 7 Series FPGA, the Kintex-7 device provides flexibility to support customized interfaces for integrated features such as evolving standards, parallel processing, high-performance DSP, memory, and analog and I/O interfaces, enabling designers to easily embed soft processors that can control data flow in systems and manage multiple interfaces.

Raj Seelam, Senior Marketing Manager for Xilinx's Target Design Platform, stated that "designers can shorten development time by utilizing the Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Target Reference Design with a kit for building customized embedded systems," and added "through the scalability and optimized architecture of the Kintex-7 FPGA, customers can migrate their designs across Xilinx's entire 28-nanometer 7 Series device portfolio, maximizing design reuse and reducing time-to-market."

Davor Kovacec, CEO of Zairon, said "the Kintex-7 FPGA is an excellent programmable platform for high-performance embedded design," and explained "the new embedded kit uses the logiCVC-ML display controller with our logiSDHC SD card controller and corresponding software driver. This demonstrates how quickly system designers can design HD video processing systems at 1080p60 or higher video resolution."

Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Kit
Silicon, tools, IP cores, and reference designs based on the MicroBlaze™ soft processor are integrated together, enabling both software developers and hardware developers to work on design tasks simultaneously. This kit includes all components designers need to begin their designs, including the following:
• KC705 baseboard with Kintex-7 325T FPGA
• Embedded Target Reference Design
• ISE® Design Suite Embedded Edition (including Xilinx Platform Studio and Xilinx Software Development Kit)
• USB, Ethernet, HDMI™, and power cables/power supply
• AMS Evaluation Card

Pricing and Availability
The Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Kit is priced at $1,895 and is available for immediate order. For more information or to download the Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Target Reference Design, visit www.xilinx.com/k7embkit or contact your local Xilinx distributor.