Requirements for Workstations

This section provides information on software installation workstation requirements.

Supported Architectures and Operating Systems

The current release of the Xilinx software supports the following workstation architectures and operating systems.

• Solaris 2.5 and 2.6
  
  
• HP-UX 10.2
  
  
• Ultra Sparc (or equivalent)
  
  
• HP715 (or equivalent)
  
  
• AIX 4.1.5
  
  
• Common Design Environment (CDE)
  
  

Memory Requirements

The values given in the following table are for typical designs, and include the loading of the operating system. Additional memory may be required for certain “boundary-case” designs, as well as for concurrent operation of other applications (such as, MS Word or Excel).

Xilinx recommends that you compile XC4000EX designs using an Ultra Sparc, HP715, or equivalent machine type. 64MB of RAM and 64MB of swap space is required to compile XC4000EX designs; however, Xilinx recommends using 128MB of RAM, plus corresponding swap space.

Table 2_1 Memory Requirements for Workstations