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April 21, 2008 09:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time

Northwest Logic Announces Complete PCI Express 2.0 Solution For Xilinx Virtex-5FXT Devices

Solution Provides a High-Performance, Hardware-Proven PCI Express 2.0 and DDR3 SDRAM Development Platform

BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northwest Logic today announced the immediate availability of a high-performance, hardware-proven PCI Express® 2.0 solution for Xilinx’s Virtex®-5 FXT platform. This solution combines Northwest Logic’s full-featured PCI Express 2.0 Core (5Gbit/s), a high-performance, on-demand, multi-engine DMA Back-End Core, DMA Driver (Windows or Linux) and PCI Express GUI to provide a complete, pre-packaged PCI Express 2.0 solution. The solution enables high-performance, multi-DMA engine PCI Express 2.0 designs to be quickly developed for the Virtex-5FXT FPGAs.

Northwest Logic’s PCI Express Solution optionally includes high-performance DDR3/DDR2/DDR SDRAM Controller Cores. These cores are part of Northwest Logic’s Memory Interface Solution, which also includes AHB/AXI Interface, Multi-Port, Reorder, RMW, ECC, and Memory Test add-on cores. All cores are available for use with Virtex-5 FPGAs and ASICs. For more information, contact Northwest Logic at info@nwlogic.com or visit www.nwlogic.com/products/products.html.

The Virtex-5FXT is the latest device in Xilinx’s Virtex-5 family. “The combination of Xilinx’s Virtex-5FXT and Northwest Logic’s PCI Express 2.0 and DDR3 SDRAM Controller Cores will enable companies to quickly develop and bring to market high-performance, cost-effective PCI Express 2.0/DDR3 SDRAM applications,” said Anil Telikepalli, Senior Manager of Solutions Marketing at Xilinx. For more information on Virtex-5FXT devices, please visit: http://www.xilinx.com.

Northwest Logic’s PCI Express 2.0 Solution is fully hardware validated using HiTech Global’s HTG-V5-PCIE-DDR3 board. This card is ideal as a PCI Express 2.0/DDR3 SDRAM Virtex-5FXT FPGA development and ASIC prototyping platform. “We are pleased to be the first provider of a hardware-proven solution using Xilinx’s Virtex-5FXT device and Northwest Logic’s complete PCI Express 2.0 and DDR3 SDRAM IP cores,” said Cyrus Merati, Vice President of HiTech Global. This board is available for immediate purchase at: http://www.hitechglobal.com/boards/v5ddr3_pcie.htm. A full Board Support Package is shipped with this board and also available at: www.nwlogic.com.

“Our close collaboration with Xilinx, HiTech Global and the support of Lecroy’s PETracerSummit Gen2 Protocol Analyzer enabled Northwest Logic to quickly develop a complete PCI Express 2.0/DDR3 SDRAM solution that is hardware-proven and provides a robust platform for quickly developing high-performance PCI Express 2.0 and DDR3 SDRAM designs,” said Brian Daellenbach, President of Northwest Logic.

About Northwest Logic

Northwest Logic, located in Beaverton, Oregon, provides high-performance, easy-to-use IP cores for FPGAs and ASICs.
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