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Xilinx to Present at FPGA Summit

Posted by Ken Cheung in Events, Training, FPGAs on Monday, December 1, 2008

FPGA, development tool, DSP and embedded experts from Xilinx(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) will be presenting the advantages of using programmable logic for advanced electronic product development at the first ever FPGA Summit, Dec. 9-11 at the Wyndham Hotel in San Jose. Xilinx experts will be delivering in-depth tutorials, technical papers, panel discussions and expert tables on many topics ranging from basic design tips, to complex embedded and DSP system designs for specific applications and markets.

The following is a list of Xilinx activities throughout the FPGA Summit.

Tutorials:
Topic: Security Solutions with Partial Reconfiguration
Speaker: Eric Shiflet
Time: 8:30AM – Noon
Date: December 9

Topic: High Definition DVI/HDMI Video Design Using Spartan(TM)-3A
TMDS I/O
Speaker: Bob Feng
Time: 1:00 – 5:00PM
Date: December 9

Topic: Video System Design with Simulink and Xilinx FPGAs
Speakers: Tim Vanevenhoven (with Alan Hwang, The MathWorks)
Time: 1:00 – 5:00PM
Date: December 9

Topic: Power Optimization for FPGA Designs
Speaker: Matt Klein
Time: 2:40 – 5:00PM
Date: December 10

Topic: Platform FPGA Automated Regression Test Methodology
Speakers: Peter Ryser and Dan Isaacs
Time: 2:40 – 5:00PM
Date: December 10

Hands on Sessions:
Topic: Synchronous DRAM Interfaces in Xilinx FPGAs
Speakers: Oliver Garreau and Adrian Cosoroaba
Time: 8:30AM – Noon
Date: December 9

Topic: Introduction to Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) and MicroBlaze(TM)
Speaker: Troy Jones (Avnet)
Time: 1:00 – 5:00PM
Date: December 9

Panels:
Topic: Year in Review
Speaker: Dan Isaacs
Time: 5:00 – 7:00PM
Date: December 9

Topic: Design Tips
Speaker: Dan Isaacs
Time: 8:30 – 11:10AM
Date: December 10

Topic: Top Ten Things You Need to Know About FPGAs Today
Speaker: Navneet Rao
Time: 2:00 – 3:00PM
Date: December 11

Papers:
Topic: Breaking the Gigahertz Barrier with Software Offload Engines (SOEs)
Speaker: Glenn Steiner
Time: 8:30 – 9:45AM
Date: December 10

Topic: Analyzing Programmable SoC Processing for High-Performance Streaming Applications
Speakers: Dan Isaacs (with David Pellerin, Impulsa Accelerated Technologies)
Time: 10:05 – 11:10AM
Date: December 10

Chat with the Experts:
Bob Feng: Consumer Applications
Eric Shiflet (with Rich Fetik, Data Confidential): Security
Glenn Steiner: High-Performance Computing
Time: 7:00 – 8:30PM
Date: December 10

About The FPGA Summit
The FPGA Summit is the only practitioner-oriented conference dedicated entirely to FPGAs and their applications. It is intended for system designers, hardware and software engineers, product marketing and marketing communications specialists, test engineers and engineering and marketing managers. It features keynote, half-day tutorials, paper and panel sessions, and expert tables. Subjects include reconfigurable computing, communications/networking applications, DSP applications, verification, military/defense applications, low power design, computer applications, market research, design tips, testing and reliability, on-board processors and security. The Summit also includes exhibits of latest products.

About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions.

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