Xilinx and LynuxWorks Demonstrate Avionics Application Solution at the Military and...

Xilinx and LynuxWorks Demonstrate Avionics Application Solution at the
Military and Aerospace Forum and Avionics USA Conference 2009

LynuxWorks LynxOS-178 DO-178B certifiable RTOS demonstrated on Xilinx Virtex-5
FPGAs

SAN DIEGO, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Military & Aerospace Electronics
Forum (MAEF) and the Avionics USA conference today, Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:
XLNX), the world's leading programmable logic supplier to the aerospace and
defense industry, and LynuxWorks, Inc., a world leader in embedded software,
will demonstrate the industry's first and only time- and space-partitioned,
FAA-accepted Reusable Software Component (RSC) that meets all objectives of
RTCA/DO-178B. The demonstration includes the LynxOS-178 DO-178B certifiable
RTOS running on a Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 FXT FPGA - enabling avionics
developers to benefit from the flexibility, performance, and reliability of
programmable technologies, while maintaining their certified application
software. The demonstration is available at the Xilinx booth #220 and
LynuxWorks booth #504 at this week's conferences, June 1-2, in the San Diego
Convention Center.

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The combination of LynxOS-178 with the Virtex-5 FXT devices, offers the
industry's first FPGA-based solution to provide up to two industry-standard
PowerPC(R) 440 processor blocks. Each processor, with integrated 32KB
instruction and 32KB data caches, delivers up to 1,100 DMIPS at 550 MHz.
Tightly coupled to the PowerPC 440 blocks is a new integrated 5x2 cross bar
processor interconnect architecture that provides simultaneous access to I/O
and memory. Highly integrated, this innovative interconnect architecture
includes dedicated master and slave processor local bus interfaces, four DMA
ports with separate transmit and receive channels, and a dedicated memory bus
interface enabling high-performance, low latency point-to-point connectivity.

DO-178B has become a de facto standard that defines the guidelines for
development of aviation software in the USA. To learn about how DO-178B was
established, visit the RTCA, Inc. website at www.rtca.org/. For additional
details on LynxOS-178 and the RSC visit www.lynuxworks.com/rtos/rtos-178.php.
Following the January announcement "Xilinx Mobilizes Global Network to Address
DO-254 and ED-80 Standards Requirements for Next-Generation Avionics", Xilinx
is also making available an industry white paper to further assist its global
DO-254 network and avionics developers "Meeting DO-254 and ED-80 Guidelines
when using Xilinx FPGA". Download white paper at
www.xilinx.com/esp/aero_def/do254.htm.

About LynuxWorks
LynuxWorks, a world leader in the embedded software market, is committed to
providing open and reliable real-time operating systems (RTOS) and software
tools to embedded developers. The company's LynxOS family of operating systems
offers open standards with the highest level of safety and security features,
enabling many mission-critical systems in defense, avionics and other
industries. Additionally, LynuxWorks' BlueCat Linux provides the features and
support of embedded Linux for companies wanting to use open source technology
for their embedded applications. The Eclipse-based Luminosity IDE gives a
powerful and consistent development system across all LynuxWorks operating
systems. Since it was established in 1988, LynuxWorks has created technology
that has been successfully deployed in thousands of designs and millions of
products made by leading communications, avionics, aerospace/defense, and
consumer electronics companies. LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San
Jose, Calif. For more information, visit www.lynuxworks.com.

About Xilinx Aerospace & Defense
Xilinx has provided uninterrupted support to the A&D industry since 1989 with
comprehensive solutions that include: commercial grade to radiation-tolerant
FPGAs; application-specific IP from image processing to waveform generation;
and advanced technologies such as partial reconfiguration and single-chip
crypto. These solutions feature long product lifecycles, high reliability,
unique manufacturing flows, specialized design services, and advanced security
solutions for high assurance applications. For more information, visit
www.xilinx.com/esp/aerospace.htm.

About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For
more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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XILINX, the Xilinx Logo, Virtex, Spartan, ISE and other designated brands
included herein are trademarks of Xilinx in the United States and other
countries. PowerPC is a trademark of IBM and used under license. LynuxWorks is
a trademark and LynxOS and BlueCat are registered trademarks of LynuxWorks,
Inc. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.
Editorial Contacts:
Silvia E. Gianelli Kirsten Long
Xilinx Inc. Public Relations LynuxWorks Inc.
408-626-4328 408-979-4404
silvia.gianelli@xilinx.com klong@lnxw.com

Francisca Llamas
Weber Shandwick
408-685-0608
fllamas@webershandwick.com

SOURCE Xilinx, Inc.

Silvia E. Gianelli, Public Relations of Xilinx, Inc., +1-408-626-4328,
silvia.gianelli@xilinx.com; or Kirsten Long of LynuxWorks Inc.,
+1-408-979-4404, klong@lnxw.com; or Francisca Llamas of Weber Shandwick,
+1-408-685-0608, fllamas@webershandwick.com