X C LA MATIONS!
Xpress Yourself
in Our Caption Contest
DANIEL GUIDERA
BARRY MEAKER, design engineer at Boeing Company (Seattle), won a shiny new Digilent Zynq Zybo board with this caption for the smiley-face cartoon in Issue 90 of Xcell Journal:
E
ven robots have their limits. The mechanical man clanking his way across this factory floor looks like he’s had enough—driven berserk, perhaps, by faulty programming. How do you interpret his plight? Let us know by writing an engineering- or technology-related caption for our cartoon featuring this modern-day tin man. The image might inspire a caption like “George watched the new janitorial robot walk off the job in a huff, but couldn’t fix the Roomba AI program fast enough to stop him.” Send your entries to xcell@xilinx.com. Include your name, job title, company affiliation and location, and indicate that you have read the contest rules at www.xilinx.com/xcellcontest. After due deliberation, we will print the submissions we like the best in the next issue of Xcell Journal. The winner will receive a Digilent Zynq Zybo board, featuring the Xilinx® Zynq ® -7000 All Programmable SoC (http://www.xilinx.com/products/ boards-and-kits/1-4AZFTE.htm). Two runners-up will gain notoriety, fame and have their captions, names and affiliations featured in the next issue. The contest begins at 12:01 a.m. Pacific Time on April 17, 2015. All entries must be received by the sponsor by 5 p.m. PT on July 1, 2015.
“Ever since Bob announced he’s retiring in a month, he seems different.”
Congratulations as well to our two runners-up: “It’s a Logic High.” — Aaron Algiere, electrical engineer, Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla.
“It’s obviously unstable. Too much positive feedback.” — Glenn Dixon, engineer, L-3 Communications, Salt Lake City
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. You must be 18 or older and a resident of the fifty United States, the District of Columbia, or Canada (excluding Quebec) to enter. Entries must be entirely original. Contest begins on April 17, 2015. Entries must be received by 5:00 pm Pacific Time (PT) July 1, 2015. Official rules are available online at www.xilinx.com/xcellcontest. Sponsored by Xilinx, Inc. 2100 Logic Drive, San Jose, CA 95124. 68
Xcell Journal
First Quarter 2015