SINGAPORE, Oct. 3 CA-Xilinx-Robot-Wins
SINGAPORE, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -. Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today
announced that its programmable solutions enabled the second straight win for
Xi'an Jiao Tong University in the seventh international Robocon competition,
hosted in Pune, India. Robocon is a prestigious event in which engineering
students compete to design the best robot for a specific challenge. Initiated
by the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union in 2002, the annual competition is
designed to foster strategic thinking, leadership and team-building skills.
The Xilinx sponsored team, from Xi'an Jiao Tung University, first won the
right to represent China earlier this year at a national competition held in
Beijing. The team advanced to the finals where they defeated 16 other teams
from across the Middle East and Asia to win the Robocon 2008 competition. The
first-place winners will be featured on the China Central Television Network
over the National Day holiday this week.
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The team deployed a Xilinx Spartan(R)-3E FPGA to connect the sensor and
actuator systems to the on-board microprocessor while exploiting the
high-performance DSP capabilities of a Spartan-3A DSP device to enable
high-speed video detection. A Xilinx MicroBlaze(TM) soft processor acted as
the central communication bridge connecting the robot's main subsystems. The
team shared its knowledge and experience by publishing daily updates on its
project blog, located on the Xilinx-sponsored open source hardware community
(OPHC) website (http://www.openhardware.org).
"Xilinx FPGAs provided the ideal platform for our robotic design," said
Professor Zuren Feng of Xi'an Jiao Tong University. "The flexible architecture
allowed our team to implement multiple design iterations, allowing more
creativity as we tested different design theories. We appreciate the
generosity of the Xilinx University Program, encouraging our students to
continue to innovate."
"Xi'an Jiao Tong's victory in such a prestigious international contest
clearly demonstrates the strong design ability of Chinese university
students," said Kevin Xie, Xilinx University Program Manager in China. "We
hope to continue to impact the future of electronic design in China's rapidly
expanding high technology industry through our university program, by
providing professors and students with hands-on experience and leading-edge
programmable solutions."
About the Xilinx University Program
The Xilinx University Program (XUP), established in 1985, promotes
education and research using Xilinx programmable solutions. Xilinx is the most
widely used PLD (programmable logic device) provider in the academic market,
providing support for more than 4,000 universities worldwide. Through XUP
donations, students and professors have access to the world's most advanced
programmable logic solutions including silicon, design tools, IP cores,
development platforms, training material, and technical support.
About Xilinx Spartan Series FPGAs
Built to provide the optimal balance of low-cost and high-value features,
the Spartan series of low-cost FPGAs includes the Extended Spartan-3A,
Spartan-3E, Spartan-3, Spartan-IIE, Spartan-II, Spartan-XL and Spartan
families. With DSP-optimized devices backed by the industry's most
comprehensive IP library as well as the largest selection of device/package
options, the Spartan series delivers up to 50 percent lower system costs than
competing FPGAs. Spartan devices can be used in many cost-sensitive and
high-volume applications, including industrial networking, automotive
networking, display video co-processing, wireless CPE, display panels, display
peripheral bridging and many more. Visit http://www.xilinx.com/spartan for
more information.
About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions. For
more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com.
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