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Xilinx introduced a powerful new development kit for building embedded processing systems based on PowerPC® 440 and MicroBlaze™ processors. Built around the Virtex®-5 FXT FPGA system integration platform, the new development kit enables both hardware and software designers to quickly architect, develop and debug a wide range of processing applications targeting communications, military, aerospace and many others markets.

The Embedded Development HW/SW Kit – Virtex-5 FX70T PowerPC & MicroBlaze Processor Edition provides embedded system developers with all of the tools they need to get started quickly on their embedded processing designs. Starting with the award-winning Xilinx Platform Studio and ISE® Design Suite design environments, the kit also provides a Virtex-5 FX70T FPGA development board, the ML507, to accelerate system design; Linux reference designs; robust library of processing IP cores; and a USB JTAG download/debug cable. The ML507 includes flexible on-board memory options as well as many industry-standard connectivity interfaces to complement the Virtex-5 FX70T FPGA device with an integrated high-performance, low-latency PowerPC 440 processing block.

For software development, the kit is supported by the Xilinx Software Development Kit (Eclipse-based development environment with GNU tools) as well as a wide range of embedded operating systems and real-time operating systems.

The industry-standard PowerPC 440 processor block runs at up to 550MHz and 1100 DMIPS in Virtex-5 FXT devices and offers the advantage of integrated DMA channels, dedicated memory interfaces and an FPU option as well as a 5x2 master/slave crossbar switch to optimize flexibility for customizing embedded systems without compromising speed. An APU (auxiliary processing unit) controller enables a direct processor connection to high-speed FPGA logic for a wide variety of coprocessing options, and the PowerPC 440 is already supported by numerous other industry-leading tool/RTOS suppliers.

• ML507 Development Board (Evaluation Platform)
• Ultimate Productivity with the ISE Design Suite
• ISE™ Foundation™ tool suite (full seat license)
• Award winning Platform Studio™ embedded tool suite (full seat license)
• Pre-Verified Reference Designs
• Support for developing Embedded software with Linux or various RTOS’ for PowerPC 440
• USB JTAG Probe, Regional Power Supply
• Compact FLASH device, Cross-Over Ethernet & Serial Cables
• Documentation