PR Newswire
Jul 16, 2007 07:30 ET

Xilinx at the 2007 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire/ --
What: From Space to Base
Xilinx presents and demonstrates its reconfigurable solutions
for space at the 2007 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects
Conference (NSREC)

Where: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii Booth # 107

When: July 23 - July 27, 2007

Exhibits: Tuesday, July 24 10:15 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. | 6:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 25 7:30 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that its industry-leading programmable logic solutions for enabling space applications, will be showcased at the 2007 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC), July 23-27, 2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Xilinx in-booth demonstration and technology presentations are available for show registered attendees throughout the conference.

Booth Demonstration - Xilinx TMRTool

Demonstration of the industry's first Triple Modular Redundancy development tool for reconfigurable Xilinx(R) Virtex(TM) FPGA design. More information on the Xilinx TMRTool can be found at: http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/tmrtool.htm.

Technical Papers Highlighting Xilinx Technology
Tuesday, July 24
Domain Crossing Events: Limitations on Single Device Triple-Modular
Redundancy Circuits in Xilinx FPGAs (C-5)
H. Quinn, K. Morgan, P. Graham, J. Krone, M. Caffrey, Los Alamos
National Laboratory; K. Lundgren, Brigham Young University

Risk Reduction for Use of Complex Devices in Space Projects (PD-2)
M. Berg, C. Poivey, MEI Technologies, Inc., NASA-GSFC; D. Petrick, K.
LaBel, M. Friendlich, S. Stansberry, NASA-GSFC

Wednesday, July 25
Upset Characterization and Test Methodology of the PowerPC405 Hard-Core
Processor Embedded in Xilinx Field Programmable Gate Arrays (W-29)
G. Allen, G. Swift, JPL; G. Miller, Xilinx

Dose Rate Upset Investigations on the Xilinx Virtex-4 Field Programmable
Gate Arrays (W-30)
A. Vera, D. Llamocca, M. Pattichis, University of New Mexico; W. Kemp, W.
Sheed, D. Alexander, J. Lyke, Air Force Research Laboratory

Static Proton and Heavy Ion Testing of the Xilinx Virtex-5 Device (W-31)
H. Quinn, K. Morgan, P. Graham, J. Krone, M. Caffrey, Los Alamos
National Laboratory; K. Lundgren, Brigham Young University

Thursday, July 26
Experimental Validation of a Tool for Predicting the Effects of Soft
Errors in SRAM-based Field Programmable Gate (PJ-8)
L. Sterpone, M. Violante, Politecnico di Torino; R. Harboe-Sørensen, D.
Merodio, F. Sturesson, R. Weigand, European Space Agency; S. Mattsson,
Saab Ericsson Space

A Comparison of TMR with Alternative Fault Tolerant Design Techniques
for FPGAs (PC-3)
K. S. Morgan, Los Alamos National Laboratory; D. L. McMurtrey, B. H.
Pratt, M. J. Wirthlin, Brigham Young University

Experimental Validation of a Tool for Predicting the Effects of Soft
Errors in SRAM-based Field Programmable Gate (PJ-8)
L. Sterpone, M. Violante, Politecnico di Torino; R. Harboe-Sørensen, D.
Merodio, F. Sturesson, R. Weigand, European Space Agency; S. Mattsson,
Saab Ericsson Space

About Xilinx Aerospace and Defense

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions providing uninterrupted support to the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) community since 1989. Comprehensive solutions include commercial grade to radiation tolerant field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), A&D focused intellectual property (IP) for applications from image processing to waveform generation, and advanced technology such as partial reconfiguration and Single Chip Crypto. Xilinx offers long product lifecycles, high reliability devices, unique manufacturing flows, specialized design services, and advanced security solutions for High Assurance applications to support the long term program needs of the A&D industry. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/esp/mil_aero