Xilinx Released Latest MicroBlaze Soft Processor

Xilinx, Inc. announced availability of the latest performance-optimized 5.00 version of its MicroBlaze™ soft processor. The 32-bit RISC core now delivers a 45 percent increase in integer performance providing 240 DMIPS in Virtex™-5 FPGAs. The core extends floating point performance to 50 MFLOPS, a 50 percent improvement over previous versions.