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News Release from: Altium | Subject: Spartan-3 Support
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 09 June 2004
Altium Adds Spartan-3 Support To Nexar
Altium, a developer of Windows-based electronics design software, is adding support for Xilinx 's new Spartan -3 platform FPGAs to its Nexar system design software.
Altium, a developer of Windows-based electronics design software, is adding support for Xilinx 's new Spartan -3 platform FPGAs to its Nexar system design software Spartan-3 device support will be added to Nexar and the company is currently developing a Spartan-3 daughter board that will plug into Altium's FPGA-based development board, which it calls a NanoBoard
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Altium has also added support for Xilinx Synthesis Technology (XST), and the latest version of Xilinx's ISE logic design software to Nexar.
"Xilinx's Spartan-3 FPGAs provide a perfect platform for developing microprocessor-based systems on FGPAs due to their high capacity, system-level capabilites, and low cost," said Nick Martin, Joint CEO and founder of Altium.
"By introducing Spartan-3 support in Nexar, we are providing our customers with easy access to the latest technology in platform FPGAs." Steve Lass, director, Software Marketing at Xilinx said "The Spartan-3 FPGA family has seen an incredible amount of market acceptance because it features the industry's lowest cost points as well advanced features.
Our alliance with Altium will extend this further through our exposure to their very large user base." * * * Pricing and availability Altium's Nexar development system for complete processor-based digital systems on FPGAs is priced at EUR 7,995.
For a limited time, this price also includes a NanoBoard; an FPGA-based nano-level breadboard with swappable FPGA daughter boards.
Service Pack 1 for Nexar which includes support for Xilinx's Spartan-3 FPGAs, XST synthesizer, and ISE v6.2 has been released today.
Altium's NanoBoard is currently delivered with two daughter boards included - the Xilinx Spartan-IIE and the Altera Cyclone daughter boards.
However, as part of a current offer, customers that purchase a full Nexar license before June 30 receive both the NanoBoard and the choice of either a Altera Stratix or a Xilinx Virtex-II daughter board free (valued at EUR 495).
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