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AMD to Purchase Xilinx for $35 Billion in Stock Deal

AMD to Purchase Xilinx for $35 Billion in Stock Deal

Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to buy rival Californian chipmaker Xilinx in a $35 billion all-stock deal, the latest in a wave of high-profile mergers and acquisitions currently sweeping the semiconductor industry.


News Oct 27, 2020 by Luke James
Xilinx Brings FPGA DNA to a Custom Hybrid System-on-Chip for 5G Radio Units

Xilinx Brings FPGA DNA to a Custom Hybrid System-on-Chip for 5G Radio Units

Xilinx solutions are surfacing for each new wave in the 5G rollout. Appearing in 2021, the new RFSoC DFE is forecasted to break all existing benchmarks.


News Oct 27, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
Xilinx Hardware Accelerators Link Up With O-RAN to Push 5G Server Performance

Xilinx Hardware Accelerators Link Up With O-RAN to Push 5G Server Performance

Hardware acceleration is said to create a new 5G throughput reality with 42x encoding and 24x decoding improvements for FEC and HARQ line coding.


News Sep 21, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
Protecting IoT Embedded Designs with Security ICs

Protecting IoT Embedded Designs with Security ICs

In this article, we discuss some key security threats to be aware of when designing for the IoT, important security functions, and how protecting these designs is becoming easier with advances in security ICs. 


DARPA’s Recent Deal With Arm Reflects a History of Microelectronics Innovation

DARPA’s Recent Deal With Arm Reflects a History of Microelectronics Innovation

From a three-year partnership with Arm to sponsoring ongoing Electronics Resurgence Initiatives, here’s how the U.S. DARPA is forging onward in microelectronics.


News Aug 27, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
Is Stereovision the Key to Fully-Autonomous Vehicles?

Is Stereovision the Key to Fully-Autonomous Vehicles?

Advanced driving-assistance systems have been evolving technology for the past few years. The next evolution of processing technology—stereovision—is pushing ADAS into the future.


News Aug 24, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
How to Obtain the Temperature Value from a Thermistor Measurement

How to Obtain the Temperature Value from a Thermistor Measurement

This article explains how to use an NTC or a PTC thermistor with an ADC, along with the various process techniques to convert ADC measured results into a usable temperature value.


The Benefits (and Limitations) of Semiconductor-University Collaborations

The Benefits (and Limitations) of Semiconductor-University Collaborations

Students benefit from a host of educational resources from sponsoring semiconductor companies. But can this corporate influence end up limiting EE education?


News Jul 31, 2020 by Kayla Matthews
An Example of Securing In-Cabin AI using TEE on a Secure FPGA SoC

An Example of Securing In-Cabin AI using TEE on a Secure FPGA SoC

This article discusses trusted execution environments — already used in a variety of connected devices — by showing how using TEE and an FPGA SoC can work in vehicle in-cabin AI.


FPGA Roundup: New Contenders Hone in on Memory, Size, Power, and Even AI

FPGA Roundup: New Contenders Hone in on Memory, Size, Power, and Even AI

Three newly-released FPGAs can tell us a lot about the direction of these devices in the industry.


News Jul 02, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
AI-Accelerating Software Gives FPGAs a Leg Up on GPUs

AI-Accelerating Software Gives FPGAs a Leg Up on GPUs

Xilinx recently tapped a startup for its AI accelerating software platform. In what ways might this platform add extra benefits for FPGAs in contrast to GPUs?


News Jun 25, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Arm Ramps Up 5G Portfolio With New CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

Arm Ramps Up 5G Portfolio With New CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

With an eye on 5G at the hardware level, Arm is attracting notice from Facebook, Snapchat, Google, and Netflix.


Xilinx’s New Customizable FPGA for Data Centers is “Born to Run”

Xilinx’s New Customizable FPGA for Data Centers is “Born to Run”

With an increasing burden on networking systems, Xilinx has unveiled a new FPGA with high data processing and flexibility to meet evolving connectivity standards.


News May 26, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Industry’s First Space-Grade 20 nm FPGA Can Be Reprogrammed Mid-Orbit

Industry’s First Space-Grade 20 nm FPGA Can Be Reprogrammed Mid-Orbit

No need to come back to earth for reconfiguration. Xilinx's new Kintex UltraScale FPGA can be reprogrammed mid-orbit.


News May 20, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
COVID-19 Puts Spotlight on Open-Source RISC-V Cores, IP

COVID-19 Puts Spotlight on Open-Source RISC-V Cores, IP

Remote work during this pandemic has shed light anew on the virtues of RISC-V, which has just gotten more accessible.


Arm Now Offers Silicon Startups Free Access to Its Extensive IP Portfolio

Arm Now Offers Silicon Startups Free Access to Its Extensive IP Portfolio

For select silicon startups, Arm has swung open the doors on its IP portfolio.


Bitstream Breach: Critical Security Flaw Discovered in FPGA Chips

Bitstream Breach: Critical Security Flaw Discovered in FPGA Chips

Xilinx is one of the world's leading FPGA manufacturers. So, what happens when a critical security vulnerability is discovered in their FPGA chips?


News Apr 20, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Xilinx Helps Samsung Push 5G Commercial With Its Network-on-a-Chip

Xilinx Helps Samsung Push 5G Commercial With Its Network-on-a-Chip

What do these two powerhouses plan to do with Xilinx's adaptive compute acceleration platform?


News Apr 17, 2020 by Cabe Atwell
New Programmable Material and PIC Fabrication Method Could Speed Up the Design Process

New Programmable Material and PIC Fabrication Method Could Speed Up the Design Process

A new innovative fabrication technique for reprogrammable photonic circuits has been developed by researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology.


News Apr 03, 2020 by Luke James
Designing FPGA-Dependent Medical Devices Just Got More Streamlined With New PMIC Reference Designs

Designing FPGA-Dependent Medical Devices Just Got More Streamlined With New PMIC Reference Designs

Renesas' new reference designs for Xilinx's FPGAs and SoCs solve the issues of multiphase regulators. But how might they also speed up the design process for in-demand medical devices?


News Mar 27, 2020 by Gary Elinoff