EDN

IBM, Xilinx shun mask programming

In recent years, a number of chipmakers have answered customers' calls to reduce development costs with some kind of fancy mask-programmable part. But IBM Microelectronics and Xilinx Inc. have so far ...
ZDNet

To proliferate AI tasks, a starter kit from Xilinx, little programming required

In the hotly contested field of "edge" artificial intelligence, systems and chip makers are coming up with ways to get their customers to market without months or years of machine learning development ...
insideHPC

Xilinx Acquires Programming Tools Vendor Silexica

SAN JOSE, June 10, 2021 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the adaptive computing company, today announced that it has acquired Silexica, a privately-held provider of C/C++ programming and analysis tools.
ZDNet

Programmable chip maker Xilinx acquires C/C++ programming tool provider Silexica

Xilinx, one of the world's biggest programmable chipmakers, announced a new deal to acquire C/C++ programming and analysis tool provider Silexica. Xilinx is still in the midst of its own acquisition ...
Electronic Design

ASSET offers test and programming tools for Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC

Richardson, TX. ASSET InterTech announced it is offering test and programming tools that will accelerate development and production cycles for designs based on Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoCs. These new tools, ...
EDN

IBM, Xilinx nix idea of mask programming

San Jose, Calif. – In recent years, more than a few chip vendors have answered customers' calls to reduce development costs with some kind of fancy mask-programmable part. But IBM Microelectronics and ...
Electronic Design

Xilinx Pitches Open-Source Framework for Heterogeneous Programming

Xilinx is known for high-performance FPGAs. The company delivered impressive development tools for hardware and software that takes advantage of its FPGA and SoC platforms, such as the Vivado Design ...
Embedded

HARDWARE TOOLS: Avnet, Cypress upgrade Spartan-3A FPGA evaluation kit

Avnet ElectronicsMarketing Americas and Cypress Semiconductor have teamed up on anupgrade of the Spartan-3A FPGA Evaluation Kit. The upgraded kit includes the addition of Cypress' CY3217 ...
Reuters

AMD to buy chip peer Xilinx for $35 billion in data center push

Oct 27 (Reuters) - Semiconductor designer Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) (AMD.O), opens new tab said on Tuesday it would buy Xilinx Inc (XLNX.O), opens new tab in a $35 billion all-stock deal, ...