Xilinx XUP and RAMP donations
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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.