Virtual Computer Corp. announces The First Reconfigurable Processing Unit on a PCI Board
From Virtual Computer Corp.
Organization The Microsoft Network
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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