AMD Receives All Necessary Approvals for Proposed Acquisition of Xilinx
AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that it has received approval from all necessary authorities to proceed with the acquisition of Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX).
Vendor:
Xilinx, Inc.
Category:
MCU
PicoBlaze 8-bit Microcontroller
PicoBlaze™ is a fully embedded 8-bit RISC microcontroller core optimized for 7-series and older Xilinx FPGA architectures.
Overview
PicoBlaze™ is a fully embedded 8-bit RISC microcontroller core optimized for 7-series and older Xilinx FPGA architectures. This reference design is offered free to Xilinx users, and comes with an easy to-use code assembler KCPSM6 (or KCPSM3 for older FPGA families), VHDL and Verilog source code, simulation models, comprehensive documentation and reference designs.
Key features
- Supports UltraScale, Virtex-7, Kintex-7, Artix-7, Zynq and older Xilinx FPGA families
- Very small size as small as 26 slices depending on device family
- Up to 4K 18-bit instructions
- Up to 240MHz performance
- Everything in FPGA - no external components required
- Highly integrated for implementing non-time critical state machine
- Predictable fast interrupt response
Specifications
Identity
Part Number
PicoBlaze 8-bit Microcontroller
Vendor
Xilinx, Inc.
Type
Silicon IP
Files
Note: some files may require an NDA depending on provider policy.
Provider
HQ:
USA
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Frequently asked questions about MCU IP cores
What is PicoBlaze 8-bit Microcontroller?
PicoBlaze 8-bit Microcontroller is a MCU IP core from Xilinx, Inc. listed on Semi IP Hub.
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