Xilinx Launches New Xcell Software Journal Publication

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced immediate availability of the inaugural issue of Xcell Software Journal – a quarterly magazine for application and embedded software developers creating smarter, connected, and differentiated systems across fast-growing markets such as 5G Wireless, SDN/NFV, Video/Vision, ADAS, Industrial IoT, and Cloud Computing. The magazine targets developers programming in high-level languages like C/C++ and OpenCL to harness significant performance-per-watt and "any-to-any" connectivity advantages of Xilinx® All Programmable devices over traditional software programmable devices.

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The cover story of this first issue of the magazine delivers an overview of these new C/C++ and OpenCL development environments and software development resources from Xilinx and its Alliance members. The issue includes a rich set of feature stories detailing how software developers can use Xilinx's SDAccel™ development environment for data center application acceleration, and how embedded developers can easily accelerate their system performance and lower system power by programming C/C++ in Xilinx's new SDSoC™ development environment. One feature article spotlights a popular high-level methodology for system optimization from the MathWorks.

Xcell Software Journal is available as a one-click PDF download or can be read online in iPad/iPod-compatible ISSUU electronic magazine format.

Articles in this issue:

• Welcome to Xcell Software Journal
• The Next Logical Step in C/C++, OpenCL Programming
• SDSoC, Step by Step: Build a Sample Design
• Using the SDSoC for System-level HW/SW Optimization on the Zynq SoC
• Compile, Debug, Optimize Developing
• Developing OpenCL Imaging Applications Using C++ Libraries
• MATLAB, Simulink Aid HW/SW Co-design of Zynq SoCs
• Xtra Xtra: Updates & extra reading for developers

About Xcell Software Journal
Xcell Software Journal is a quarterly magazine for application and embedded software developers creating smarter, connected, and differentiated systems across fast-growing markets such as 5G Wireless, SDN/NFV, Video/Vision, ADAS, Industrial IoT, and Cloud Computing. The magazine targets developers programming in high-level languages like C/C++ and OpenCL to harness significant performance-per-watt and "any-to-any" connectivity advantages of Xilinx All Programmable devices over traditional software programmable devices. The quarterly journal's content will focus on software trends, case studies, how-to tutorials, updates and outlooks for this rapidly growing user base. Xcell Software Journal is published by Xilinx's Xcell Publishing group – led by veteran industry trade journalist, Mike Santarini. The group also publishes Xilinx's award-winning Xcell Journal quarterly magazine, published by Xilinx since 1988. Xcell Software Journal is available free and is accessible on any standard Internet browser, requiring no software downloads and allowing readers to browse, search, make notes, email authors and click through to advertiser websites. To subscribe now, click here! To advertise in either of Xcell Publications' journals, please email Judy Gelwicks of TGA & Associates at [e-mail].

About Xilinx
Xilinx is the world's leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs and 3D ICs. These industry-leading devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.

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