Xilinx is number two in car cameras
Published in Transportation
Monday, 25 June 2018 18:04

Xilinx is number two in car cameras


Make driving safe again

Computers made it to cars a long time ago. Assisted driving that most people know from Tesla, started with premium brands like Mercedes, BMW and Audi in 2016 and brands like Honda even got it to the masses in 20.000 Euro/USD cars. These cars must have front cameras, and Xilinx is clearly number two there

Xilinx helped AMD with HBM 2
Published in AI
Friday, 15 June 2018 12:34

Xilinx helped AMD with HBM 2


High bandwidth is the key

There is an interesting story that's very little known about the public cooperation that has happened between AMD and Xilinx about HBM memory.

Xilinx has majority of LiDAR market
Published in Transportation
Tuesday, 08 May 2018 17:31

Xilinx has majority of LiDAR market


Essential for Level 4 / 5 self driving

Xilinx is not a name that you associate that much with the automotive industry, but these guys actually play in most of the self driving and other automotive markets.

Xilinx says computing after Moore’s Law is called ACAP
Published in PC Hardware


Adaptive compute acceleration platform

Intel's Gordon Moore came with one of the most prominent rules/"laws" of the semiconductor industry, that the number of transistors on chip would double every 18th month.

Xilinx releases 7nm programmable chip
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 19 March 2018 12:08

Xilinx releases 7nm programmable chip


Cost a billion to make

Xilinx has revealed its adaptive computer acceleration platform (ACAP), which is a new kind of programmable chip for flexible hardware.

Xilinx has new President and CEO
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 05 January 2018 11:08

Xilinx has new President and CEO


Victor Peng is now in charge

Xilinx has named Chief Operating Officer Victor Peng as its new CEO and President from 28 January.

Altera deal might bite Chipzilla
Published in PC Hardware
Thursday, 28 January 2016 12:19

Altera deal might bite Chipzilla


Analyst warns

Technology analyst Ashraf Eassa is getting a little worried about Intel’s $16.7 billion Altera deal which he thinks could end up being a huge flop.

Qualcomm powered servers picture
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 09 October 2015 09:59

Qualcomm powered servers picture


Details of a Xilinx FPGA-based card or a rack

Talking about Qualcomm's server in a single story is tricky, so we decided to tell you a bit more about the server with some product specific details in a seperate yarn.

Analysts predict an AMD Xilinx merger
Published in News
Wednesday, 10 June 2015 13:15

Analysts predict an AMD Xilinx merger


Fighting off Intel in tandem

Now that Intel and Altera have tied the knot, speculation is rife that AMD is going to merge with Xilinx.