SAN JOSE, Calif., June 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc.
(NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced Android 5.1 (Lollipop) support for
the Zynq® UltraScale+™ Multi-Processor SoC (MPSoC).
Through its Hardware Enablement Program, Mentor Graphics has
used its extensive Android experience on heterogeneous multi-core
platforms to successfully port the Android Open Source Project
(AOSP) code to run on the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC. The resulting
solution is the first to combine the advanced user interface of the
Android platform with the added safety, security, and processing
power offered by Zynq UltraScale+ devices, based on the 64-bit
ARMv8 architecture.
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The heterogeneous Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC isolates hardware
resources to allow a high-level operating system, such as Android,
to co-exist with safety critical functions that are run by a
Real-Time Operating System on the integrated Real-Time Processing
Unit. "Designers working within Industrial Automation,
Transportation, Medical and Healthcare, and Radio markets continue
to look for ways to build products that include features such as
voice recognition, rich user interface, and complete customization
without compromising safety and security," said Ramine Roane, senior director of Software
Product Marketing, Xilinx. "The unique combination of the Zynq
UltraScale+ MPSoC and the AOSP provides a full safe and secure
platform upon which such products can be built."
"Our expertise to port the Android Open Source Project to Zynq
UltraScale+ MPSoC will ease embedded development for Xilinx
customers. The combination of application and real-time processing,
low power consumption, high performance, integrated programmable
logic, and isolation between general purpose and real-time
subsystems provide many opportunities for the deployment of Android
into non-traditional markets," said Warren
Kurisu, director of product management, Runtime Solutions,
Mentor Graphics Embedded Systems Division. "We look forward to
supporting Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC customers on Android as well as a
range of other software and tools available within the Mentor
Embedded product line."
Availability
Android 5.1 (Lollipop) will be publicly
available from Mentor Embedded for Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC in Q3
2016. Mentor will directly support Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC customers
by providing commercial support, customization services, platform
porting and feature enhancements, all available as part of a larger
full software solution package for Xilinx products. For additional
information visit
www.mentor.com/embedded-software/semiconductors/xilinx.
About Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs
The Zynq UltraScale+
MPSoC is the industry's first heterogeneous multiprocessor SoC
(MPSoC) using TSMC's 16FF+ process. The new family enables
the development of flexible, standards-based platforms by providing
5X system-level performance/watt and any-to-any connectivity with
the security and safety required for next-generation systems. The
Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs combine multiple user programmable
processors including a dual or quad-core 64-bit ARM® Cortex™-A53
Application Processing Unit, a 32-bit dual-core ARM® Cortex™-R5
Real Time Processing Unit, and an ARM® Mali™-400 Graphics
Processing Unit. The family also includes a host of integrated
peripherals, safety and security features, and advanced power
management. When coupled with the SDSoC™ development environment,
the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC family enables systems that are both
software defined and hardware optimized.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the leading provider of All
Programmable FPGAs, SoCs, MPSoCs, and 3D ICs. Xilinx uniquely
enables applications that are both software defined and hardware
optimized – powering industry advancements in Cloud Computing,
Embedded Vision, Industrial IoT, and 5G. For more information,
visit www.xilinx.com.
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