Alpha Data Announces Support for Xilinx Virtex-5 LXT Platform FPGAs
San Jose, California Oct 17th 2006: Alpha Data today announced that the successful ADM-XRC series of PCI Mezzanine Cards is being extended to include platforms based on the new Xilinx(NASDAQ: XLNX) VirtexT-5LXT Platform FPGAs. The Xilinx LXT family is the second of four domain-optimized platforms in the Virtex-5 family and offers the industry's lowest transceiver power at < 100mW typical at 3.2Gbps and the industry's first FPGA to deliver a built-in PCI Express® Endpoint and Tri-mode Ethernet Media Access Controller (MAC) blocks.
By virtue of the Xilinx Early Access Program, Alpha Data have developed products based on the 5VLX110T devices. These devices are supported by Alpha Data's Software Development Kit and accommodate the XRM front panel adapter modules.
Alpha Data's Technical Director Keith Baker said,
"The low-power serial I/O and built-in PCIe block in the Virtex-5 LXT platform
allow Alpha Data to increase our offering of PCI Express based products. The Xilinx Early Access
Program gives Alpha Data's customers the opportunity to be one of the first to market with Virtex-5
LXT-based solutions."
The first product to be released in Q4 2006 is based on the XC5VLX110T and features 16 high speed serial links,
333MHz DDR-II memory, PCI-X 133MHz and XMC. Flexible I/O via front panel adapters provide support for applications
including:
* Radar and Sonar Processing
* Software Defined Radio (SDR)
* Reconfigurable Computing
* Telecommunication Encryption/Compression
* Image Processing
* Electronic Intelligence (ELINT)
"Alpha Data is a valuable early access partner that has a long history of delivering innovative products developed using Xilinx FPGAs,"
commented Per Holmberg, director of programmable digital solutions marketing at Xilinx,
"We look forward to the continued success of Alpha Data products based on the Virtex-5 LXT platform"
Availability: Alpha Data are initially offering the ADM-XRC-5/LXT, featuring the LXT110, with availability from November 2006. For further information contact sales@alpha-data.com (408)-916-5713.
About Alpha Data: Established in 1993, Alpha Data is a leading provider of Xilinx based products for military and aerospace markets. Alpha Data is headquartered in the UK with sales offices in California.
As a strategic XPERT partner, Alpha Data has worked closely with Xilinx for many years and is regarded as a key source of first to market COTS products.
Alpha Data is a member of various standards organizations including PCI-SIG, VITA, PICMG and OCP-IP.
For more information, visit www.alpha-data.com
Editorial Contact
Sharon Gorley
Alpha Data, Inc
(408) 916 5713
