Xilinx

Xilinx, Inc. is a technology company based in the United States that specializes in programmable logic devices. In October 2020, AMD announced the acquisition of Xilinx.

Xilinx invented the FPGA, programmable SoCs, and, most recently, the ACAP. Our highly flexible programmable silicon, along with a suite of powerful software and tools, enables quick innovation across a wide range of sectors and technologies, from consumer electronics to automobiles and cloud computing.

Catalog

Ⅰ Xilinx Company Profile

Ⅱ Xilinx Merger

Ⅲ Xilinx Products

Ⅳ Xilinx Applications

Ⅴ Xilinx Stock

Ⅵ Xilinx Locations

Ⅶ Xilinx Alternate Names

Ⅰ Xilinx Company Profile

Introduction

Xilinx, Inc. is a technology company based in the United States that specializes in programmable logic devices. The field-programmable gate array was invented by the business (FPGA). The semiconductor company was the first to develop a fabless manufacturing model.

Ross Freeman, Bernard Vonderschmitt, and James V Barnett II co-founded the company in 1984, and it went public on the  NASDAQ  in 1989.

In October 2020, AMD announced the acquisition of Xilinx.

Xilinx invented the FPGA, programmable SoCs, and, most recently, the ACAP. Our highly flexible programmable silicon, along with a suite of powerful software and tools, enables quick innovation across a wide range of sectors and technologies, from consumer electronics to automobiles and cloud computing. With its adaptive, intelligent computing, Xilinx provides the most dynamic processing technology in the industry, enabling quick innovation. The following are the key cores of the company’s innovation: automotive, 5G wireless, data center, aerospace and defense, broadcasting and audio-visual, consumer, industrial, medical science, testing, measurement and simulation, wired and wireless communications.

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Xilinx Acquisition

AMD to Acquire Xilinx, Creating the Industry's High-Performance Computing Leader

On October 27, 2020, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) and Xilinx (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced that they have reached a definitive agreement for AMD to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock deal valued at $35 billion. The merger will create the industry's most powerful high-performance computing firm, greatly extending AMD's product range and customer base in a variety of emerging industries where Xilinx is already a market leader. The deal is projected to boost AMD's margins, EPS, and free cash flow generation immediately, as well as offer industry-leading growth.

With this transaction, two industry giants with complementary product portfolios and customer bases will join forces. AMD will have the industry's most comprehensive portfolio of high-performance processor technologies, integrating CPUs, GPUs, FPGA  s,  Adaptive SoCs, and deep software experience to enable cloud, edge, and end-device computing platforms. From data centers to gaming, PCs, communications, automotive, industrial, aerospace, and defense, the combined firm will benefit on possibilities spanning some of the industry's most critical growth categories.

Ⅱ Xilinx Merger

People always say“AMD Xilinx, Xilinx AMD”, are AMD and Xilinx merging?

AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processor (AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processor (AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Mobile Processor Advanced Micro is anticipated to complete its $35 billion acquisition of rival chipmaker Xilinx (XLNX) later this year. Cordisco estimates that AMD will produce $35 billion in sales by 2024 if the purchase is completed. That is to say,  "AMD Xilinx merger".

Ⅲ Xilinx Products

(1) What is Xilinx FPGA?

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are semiconductor devices that are based around a matrix of configurable logic blocks (CLBs) connected via programmable interconnects. FPGAs Xilinx can be reprogrammed to desired application or functionality requirements after manufacturing.

Xilinx FPGAs can run a regular embedded OS (such as Linux or  VxWorks ) and can implement processor peripherals in programmable logic.

(2) What is Xilinx Vivado?

Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite is a software suite for synthesis and analysis of hardware description language (HDL) designs, which replaces Xilinx ISE and adds functionality for the system on chip development and high-level synthesis. Vivado is a complete rewriting and rethinking of the entire design process (compared to ISE).

Vivado includes the in-built logic simulator  ISIM, just like subsequent versions of ISE. With a toolchain that turns C code into programmable circuitry, Vivado also introduces high-level synthesis.

It took 1000 person-years and $200 million to replace the 15-year-old ISE with Vivado Design Suite.

• As to the Xilinx Vivado download, is it free?

The Vivado webPACK is a free Xilinx product that you may get here. To download and install Vivado, you must first establish and activate an account on the Xilinx website.

(3) What is Xilinx ISE?

Xilinx ISE (Integrated Synthesis Environment) is a discontinued Xilinx software tool for synthesis and analysis of HDL designs, with a focus on embedded firmware development for Xilinx FPGA  and CPLD IC product families. In-system programming of legacy hardware designs comprising older FPGAs and  CPLDs is still possible with the final released edition from October 2013, which is otherwise orphaned by the new design tool, Vivado Design Suite.

ISE Xilinx allows programmers to synthesize (or "compile") their designs, perform timing analysis, study RTL diagrams, simulate a design's response to various stimuli, and configure the target device with the programmer. The Embedded Development Kit (EDK), Software Development Kit (SDK), and ChipScope Pro are also included with the Xilinx ISE. The Xilinx ISE is used largely for circuit synthesis and design, whereas the ModelSim logic simulator (ISIM) is utilized for system-level testing.

• Is Xilinx ISE download for free?

ISE® WebPACK™ design software is the industry´s only FREE, fully featured front-to-back FPGA  design solution for Linux, Windows XP, and Windows 7.

(4) What is Xilinx software?

Xilinx ISE (Integrated Synthesis Environment) is a discontinued Xilinx software tool for synthesis and analysis of HDL designs, with a focus on embedded firmware development for Xilinx FPGA  and CPLD IC product families.

• Is Xilinx software free?

Software. The Vivado Design Suite WebPACKTM Edition is the groundbreaking design suite's FREE edition. Vivado WebPACK is a free tool that gives you fast access to some basic Vivado capabilities and capability. Students can get the WebPack Edition for free by clicking here.

(5) What is Xilinx Zynq?

The Xilinx Zynq®-7000 SoC First Generation Architecture provides a versatile platform for launching new solutions while also giving a completely programmable alternative to traditional ASIC and SoC users. Devices like the Zynq-7000S are excellent for industrial IoT applications like motor control and integrated vision.

(6) What is Xilinx Vitis used for?

Vitis Video provides a platform for users to construct their own acceleration library to operate a bespoke hardware accelerator in the form of generic Infrastructure plugins, software acceleration libraries, and a simplified interface.

(7) What is Xilinx Versal?

Versal ACAP is a fully software-programmable, heterogeneous compute platform that combines Scalar Engines, Adaptable Engines, and Intelligent Engines to achieve dramatic performance improvements of up to 20X over today's fastest FPGA  implementations and more than 100X over today's fastest CPU implementations—for Data Center, wired network, 5G wireless, and automotive driver assist applications.

(8) What is Xilinx Alveo?

It is an adaptable Accelerator Cards for Data Center Workloads.

• Fast, Highest Performance

-Up to 90X higher performance than CPUs¹ on key workloads at one-third the cost²

-Over 4X higher inference throughput³ and 3X latency advantage over GPU-based solutions4

• Adaptable, Accelerate Any Workload

-Machine learning inference to video processing to any workload using the same accelerator card

-As workload algorithms evolve, use reconfigurable hardware to adapt faster than fixed-function accelerator card product cycles

• Accessible, Cloud ↔ On-Premises Mobility

-Deploy solutions in the cloud or on-premises interchangeably, scalable to application requirements

-Applications available for common workloads, or build your own with the Application Developer Tool

Ⅳ Xilinx Applications

Ⅴ Xilinx Stock         

Xilinx has a Zacks Rank #1 due to the positive estimate revisions (Strong Buy). The Zacks Rank is a tried-and-true grading system that enables investors to efficiently leverage the power of earnings estimate revisions and make the best investing decisions. The Xilinx share price is also the focus.

The pic above includes the Xilinx stock price of AMD Xilinx stock.

Ⅵ Xilinx Locations

Xilinx Singapore is in the Asia Pacific, and Xilinx Hyderabad is in India.

Ⅶ Xilinx Alternate Names

Xilinx has several brands around the world that distributors may use as alternate names. Xilinx may also be known as the following names: