> didn't Xilinx have another hard core CPU+FPGA design before the Zynq using a PowerPC? Yes; more than one. There were at least the Virtex II Pro, Virtex 4 FX,

> didn't Xilinx have another hard core CPU+FPGA design before the Zynq using a PowerPC? Yes; more than one. There were at least the Virtex II Pro, Virtex 4 FX, and Virtex 5 FX families.