1. Summary
Remaining Challenges
The Future
Messages to Take Home

2. Programmable is the Way to Go!
Xilinx FPGAs provide the best complex-system solution
they are vastly superior to ASICs
custom-logic advantages in a standard product
potential for dynamic reprogrammability
they reduce time-to-market and risk
configurable after board manufacture
upgradable and fixable in the field
Xilinx CPLDs offer similar benefits
ISP technology reduces time-to-market and risk
Xilinx CPLDs are programmable and reprogrammable on the board

3. Remaining Challenges Managing fast signals on the PC-board
use low-swing interface standards
lower dielectric-constant PC-boards
on-chip clock doubling
system-on-a-chip
Power limitations
lower supply voltages
lower dielectric constant on the chip
careful clock manipulation
Managing design efficiency
re-usable cores and other libraries
team-based design

4. The Future
IC density and speed will increase at least for another decade – Moore’s Law
Xilinx is at the forefront of 0.18µ technology
Programmable logic benefits directly from improved technology
like memories and microprocessors
ASICs do not benefit in the same way
Seamless integration of desktop and internet for design and support
New-end product opportunities using Internet Reconfigurable Logic (IRL)

5. Three Messages to Take Home
Xilinx offers low-cost, easy-to-use solutions
You need not be rich or a genius to use our programmable logic
Xilinx devices allow 100+ MHz system clock rates
You can achieve reliable and predictable performance – automatically
Xilinx offers design methodologies for system-level integration
You can create large FPGA designs without having to “re-invent the wheel”

6. Xilinx is Programmable Logic
Programmable is the way to go!
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