HotHardware

AMD's $35B FPGA Chip Power Move To Acquire Xilinx Just Cleared All Regulatory Hurdles

There are no more regulatory roadblocks standing in the way of AMD acquiring Xilinx, a powerhouse in field programmable chip array (FPGA) designs, in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion.
Forbes

Xilinx FPGAs: The Chip Behind Alibaba's Singles Day

Most Americans consider Black Friday to be the biggest shopping extravaganza of the year. No doubt it is huge, with an estimated $5B in all U.S. retail sales (online and in-store) on Black Friday 2017 ...
CNET

Xilinx's flexible computer chips could rewire an AI near you

Chipmaker Xilinx is betting its new Everest design will accelerate today's computing chores -- and appeal to programmers, not just hardware nerds. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...
HotHardware

AMD Primed To Acquire FPGA Chip Powerhouse Xilinx For Over $30 Billion

You would think yesterday's unveiling of Zen 3 would be AMD's biggest news this week, along with a performance tease of its upcoming Radeon RX 6000 series graphics cards. Arguably even bigger, however ...
EDN

IBM, Xilinx ‘tape out’ 90-nm FPGA chip

EAST FISHKILL, N.Y.–IBM Corp.'s Microelectronics Division and Xilinx Inc. today announced the production of one of the world's first chips based on 90-nn (0.09-micron)process technology. Using IBM's ...
Network World

FPGA maker Xilinx aims range of software-programmable chips at data centers

As data centers are called upon to handle an explosion of unstructured data fed into a variety of cutting-edge applications, the future for FPGAs looks bright. That’s because FPGAs, or field ...
TV Technology

Xilinx FPGA, SoC Devices Power Sony XVS G1 4K Production Switcher

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Xilinx has announced that Sony is using its field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and adaptive system-in-chip (SoC) devices for a range of professional AV electronics, including its ...
The Next Platform

Inferring The Future Of The FPGA, And Then Making It

Technologies often start out in one place and then find themselves in another. The architecture of the GPU was initially driven by the need for 3D graphics for video games, was co-opted as a massively ...
The Motley Fool

Better Buy: Intel vs. Xilinx

Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are chips that can be reprogrammed to meet specific needs or perform specific functions after they're manufactured, giving developers the flexibility to alter ...
Forbes

Xilinx Launches Versal Acceleration Chip

Xilinx launched its next-generation 7nm Versal product, based on the Adaptable Computing Acceleration Platform, at the Xilinx Developer Forum in San Jose this week. It also announced its first ...
The Motley Fool

AMD Taking on Intel on a New Front With Purchase of Chip Designer Xilinx

AMD wouldn't be charting new territory here, but would bolster its portfolio with its smaller peer. So far in 2020, AMD shares are up over 80%. Revenue has surged 33% in the first half of the year ...
Computerworld

FPGA maker Xilinx aims new software programmable chips at data centers

As data centers are called upon to handle an explosion of unstructured data fed into a variety of cutting-edge applications, the future for FPGAs looks bright. That’s because FPGAs, or field ...