Virtual Computer Corp. announces The First Reconfigurable Processing Unit on a PCI Board


From            Virtual Computer Corp. 
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Date            April 18, 1997
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H.O.T. Works -- The Complete PCI-XC6200 Development System.

VCC Training Course Announcement: First Time in Europe 

       Take the Course and Walk Away with the Knowledge and H.O.T.Works
       A Two Day Course on Programming the New Xilinx XC6200 Series RPU
       April 2-3 in Geneva, Switzerland at the University of Geneva  in
       conjunction with the 11th IPPS'97 Symposium & The 4th Reconfigurable  
       Architecture Workshop   Seat are Limited  -- sign up now
       Price: $1995.00  includes two-day course and the H.O.T. Works package	
       Register Now!!  (Special University Prices)

  For more info on H.O.T Works Training Class & Registration:

                         http://www.vcc.com/vcct1.html

Learn Hardware Object Programming (Reconfigurable Computing) with H.O.T. Works

Explore the next generation computing platform with H.O.T. Works Development 
System. All the hardware & software you need in one package.

H.O.T. Works includes:

    HARDWARE 
          * PCI-XC6216 Xilinx Reference Board 
             --  2MEG bytes of fast SRAM
             --  PCI Mezzanine Connectors for daughter boards

             --  Programmable Oscillator
   SOFTWARE
          * Xilinx's XACT-6000-- A map, place and route tool set
          * A XC6200 VHDL Elaborator
          * WEBSCOPE 6200 -- A Java tool for real-time design emulation
              using the PCI-XC6200 board. 	
          * Hardware Object Technology Interface Kit --- for insertion of designs
             into executable 'C' language programs
          * LOLA Programming System -- a complete HDL Tool Set for the
             PCI-XC6200 Board & XC6200 including editor, mapper, placer and router.
		
Use Niklaus Wirth's, author of Pascal and Modula2, newest programming language, LOLA 
a High-Level Hardware Design Language to impliment your algorithms into 'chip-level' 
designs for 'Run-Time' use.

  For more info on H.O.T Works Development System:

                    http://www.vcc.com/products/pci6200.html

Class Schedule:
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Course Outline  Day  One
  8:30	 Welcome & Overview of RPU & RC
  9:00       Introduction to the HOT Works Development System
                 { Layout, Specs. & Features }
 10:00       Coffee Break
 10:30       Test , Emulation & Example Programs -- PCI_Test, Webscope  & The 
Correlator 
                     { Testing the PCI-XC6200 DS Board }
                { How to use this Java based Emulation Tool -- Local & Over 
the Net }
 11:30	 Introduction to Hardware Object Technology
                     { Run-Time Reconfiguration }
 12:00       Lunch  
  1:30       Designing for the XC6200 & PCI-XC6200DS  Part I
                    { using Xilinx's XACT-6000 Tools, Velab, and Test Program 
}
                        { Design Implementation on the PCI-XC6200DS Board }
  3:00       Coffee Break
  3:30       Designing for the XC6200 & PCI-XC6200DS  Part II
  5:00	       End of Day One	
	
Course Outline  Day Two
  8:30       Introduction to the XC6200 Family of RPUs
                          { Architecture & Features }
 10:00       Coffee Break
 10:30	Lola Programming System  -- Part I
               { How to use Lola HDL & Oberon O/S)
 12:00	Lunch 
  1:30	Lola Programming System Part II
	          { How to use Editor, Placer and Router }
  3:00       Coffee Break
  3:30	Lola Programming System Lab
  5:00	End of Day 2
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