Ramp January 2007 retreat

Xilinx XUP and RAMP donationsPaul HartkeKees VissersPatrick Lysaght

Ramp January 2007 Retreat

XUP program• http://www.xilinx.com/univ/

• Software and Hardware donations for entry level systems

• Software for all xilinx systems

• Microblaze v7.0 now with MMU

• Take a look at the Plan ahead tool.

Ramp January 2007 Retreat

Expanded range of XUP systems

BASYS59$

For introductory logic courses

Virtex-II Pro299$

For advanced courses : DSP, Embeddedprojects & research

Spartan-3E149$ For Linux/networked processor courses

NEXYS99$ For logic/processor courses

Ramp January 2007 Retreat

Entry-level Solutions• Smaller, lighter and less

expensive than the average engineering textbook

• Powered and configured via USB (cable included)

• Combines a 100K-gate Xilinx Spartan3-E with free Xilinx WebPack™ software to give a full digital design environment

$US 59

Ramp January 2007 Retreat

Bee3 RAMP donations

• All ICs for Academic use of RAMP.• A total of 30 BEE3 boards donated to Academic RAMP users.

• Scheduled in phases: 5, 10, 2, 6, 7.• Donation requires agreement with RAMP PIs and Xilinx• John Wawrzynek is the RAMP PI spokesperson• Kees Vissers is the Xilinx spokesperson• UC Berkeley responsible for:

– hosting the website/wiki page withRAMP designware– Community building and user conferences.– Delivery based on Xilinx donations.