The gaming console market is currently worth $13B according to ABI Research, and is dominated by suppliers such as Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. An activity that was once limited to an individual home has now morphed into cloud-based interactive gaming with a constant increase in computational capability of the processors that form the brain of the console. Online smartphone and tablet games continue to nibble away at the serviceable market (SAM) of portable consoles. Not to be outdone, the larger game console OEMs (Microsoft and Sony) continue to invest in purpose-built processors using the most complex modern technology capable of higher resolution (4K) with advanced wireless connectivity (Bluetooth, WiFi), 3D gaming with features such as 3D localization, Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) capabilities, and investments or partnerships with premium e-sports outlets.

The DVB-S2X standard is very popular for satellite communication. Its outstanding error correction performance allows it to achieve excellent spectral efficiency for a broad range of signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) - from less than -8dB up to 20dB.

We all know that designing and prototyping with a new architecture isn’t easy, and some may wonder where to start. The good news is that there is a lot of information that users can explore on the Versal® architecture, including documents, training courses, example designs, tools, and libraries. Even better news is evaluation kits with production devices are available for anyone who wants to develop next-gen applications in 5G, data center, wired/wireless, automotive, and test & measurement.

Developing and testing Terabit Ethernet will require innovative solutions to complex technical challenges. This is to be expected. It was the same when the industry upgraded to 100Gb/s 10 years ago and when we leveled up to 400Gb/s in 2017.

If you’re developing an intelligent edge application that needs processing power in an ultra-compact form factor—we have news for you: the Zynq® UltraScale+™ ZU1 MPSoC is now shipping in all packages including the Ultra-Compact InFO Packaging.

We’re introducing the Zynq® UltraScale+™ RFSoC DFE ZCU670 Evaluation Kit, featuring the ZU67DR, the industry’s only 8T8R, 400 MHz IBW, adaptable, single-chip O-RU solution. The ZU67DR device incorporates 5G digital front-end (DFE) hardened IP, RF sampling converters, and programmable logic to meet the cost, power, and performance requirements of 4G/5G O-RUs.

How does an inquisitive high school student prototype an edge AI platform and publish his findings in an IEEE paper? With a Kria™ SOM.

Examples of safety features span from the rejection of a wrong user input to an immediate stop under certain conditions, a warning that can be visual, acoustic, or tactile, or a command to an adjacent machine, to name only a few. All these functions may be useful, but you are lucky when you never see any of them. But that's a problem: How do you know that a safety feature really works when you are in danger?

Today Xilinx announces another milestone in the rollout of our Versal® portfolio. The Versal Premium series has completed its Early Access phase. Now Versal Premium documentation and tools are publicly available on xilinx.com. Vivado® ML 2022.1 now supports the Versal Premium now supports the Versal Premium VP1202, VP1502, VP1702, and VP1802 devices in the standard Vivado ML installation, which is available here. 

Up until very recently, any mention of TOPS always referred to dense TOPS. However, with the recent push to support zero-compression in sparse matrices, the term sparse TOPS has appeared. What is the difference between dense TOPS and sparse TOPS? And why should you care about sparsity? Let’s dive into these topics.