Timesys Offers LinuxLink 3.0 Support For Xilinx Virtex-4/5 FPGAs

Timesys Corporation, provider of LinuxLink, the first commercial software development framework for building custom-embedded, Linux-based products, has announced LinuxLink 3.0 support for Xilinx Virtex-4 and Virtex-5 FPGAs.

Complementing this new Virtex support within LinuxLink, Timesys has also announced an FPGA design service. Customers, who want to focus on developing value-adding applications for their product, can rely on Timesys to provide an optimised hardware design and accompanying Linux platform support.

With support for Xilinx’s reference boards, LinuxLink customers can easily leverage the flexibility of Xilinx’s FPGAs to develop custom hardware with embedded Linux support. LinuxLink provides full support for a wide variety of peripherals including Ethernet, Serial and System ACE, enabling developers to achieve fast product design cycle.

The combination of the LinuxLink framework from Timesys and the EDK development tools from Xilinx results in smooth hardware-software integration. The Xilinx EDK tools accelerate the design cycle by allowing a hardware design team to choose and customise from several IP blocks. Similarly, the Timesys LinuxLink framework accelerates software development by enabling the design, customisation and integration of a custom Linux image matching the hardware platform. The combination of these development tools allows companies to create a complete custom Linux-based product using the latest open source code.

More from Biztech

Future Group - Reliance Retail Deal approved by CCI RBI ban on cryptocurrencies takes effect; prohibition could force investors to tap the black market

“Timesys assists customers throughout the entire development process of an FPGA-based Linux platform,” said Charlie Ashton, vice president of Business Development at Timesys. “Providing LinuxLink support for Virtex FPGAs along with FPGA design services allows us to deliver an end-to-end platform design approach that is well aligned with FPGAs from Xilinx.”

For a limited time, developers can obtain free LinuxLink access to quickly configure, build and evaluate embedded Linux on PowerPC-based Virtex processors by registering at https://linuxlink.timesys.com/register/factory. Developers should enter promotion code PRV4V5 when completing the online free trial registration form.