Xilinx Unveils ARM-Based Processing Architecture

Xilinx Inc. has introduced the architecture for a new Extensible Processing Platform that will deliver unrivaled levels of system performance, flexibility and integration to developers of a wide variety of embedded systems. The ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor-based platform enables system architects and embedded software developers to apply a combination of serial and parallel processing to address the challenging system requirements presented by the global demand for embedded systems to perform increasingly complex functions.

"Today's embedded software developer is being tasked to build complex applications that require tremendous levels of system performance, and they need to deliver that performance within tightly managed cost, schedule and power budgets," said Vin Ratford, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Business Development, Xilinx. "By creating an architecture within a familiar ARM processor-based development framework, this new Extensible Processing Platform can be the engine of innovation for many design teams held back today by performance bottlenecks."

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The Xilinx Extensible Processing Platform offers embedded systems designers a processor-centric design and development approach for achieving the compute and processing horsepower required to drive tasks involving high-speed access to real-time inputs, high-performance processing and complex digital signal processing — or any combination thereof — needed to meet their application-specific requirements, including lower cost and power.

"With this announcement Xilinx is laying the foundation to meet future requirements for next-generation embedded processing technologies. Our association with ARM will enable us to provide our customers and ecosystem developers in India and globally with flexible computing platforms where their IP and software development can be shared and re-used on a broad scale," said Vamsi Bopanna, Chief Technology Officer, Xilinx India."Extensible Processing Platform enables developers to apply both serial and parallel processing applications that require high-levels of performance, while at the same time benefiting from higher integration for reducing cost, power and size".