"This next generation, highly flexible platform FPGA architecture is the logical evolution of Xilinx technology - and is poised to revolutionize the electronics industry. Today's announcement is yet another indication that Xilinx will remain a key player in the industry forefront."
Jerry Worchel, Senior Analyst at In-Stat/MDR
Situation
The goals for Xilinx's Virtex-4 FPGA family were challenging and clear: to build embedded highly parallel DSP elements that deliver world-class performance while significantly reducing the power requirements.
Arithmatica solution
The Arithmatica team worked closely with Xilinx's custom design group to develop the XtremeDSP™ Slice that met both the performance specs and development schedule. The resulting design incorporated CellMath™ innovations that helped to improve the core DSP performance by 50 percent while improving MHz/watt by an amazing 8x over the previous generation design. The collaborative team met both performance and power goals on time.
Xilinx's perspective
"Arithmatica helped Xilinx achieve a very aggressive performance goal by increasing the speed of next-generation DSP operations by more than 50 percent - setting a new industry benchmark."
"Arithmatica's IP in conjunction with the new Virtex DSP architecture achieved a remarkable 8x improvement in silicon efficiency, measured in MHz/Watt, over the previous generation."
"The Arithmatica silicon math team worked closely with the Xilinx custom design group to meet the world class performance within the allotted schedule."
Jennifer Wong, Director of IC Design, Xilinx
