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…
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.
Xilinx solutions are surfacing for each new wave in the 5G rollout. Appearing in 2021, the new RFSoC DFE is forecasted to…
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.
Hardware acceleration is said to create a new 5G throughput reality with 42x encoding and 24x decoding improvements for…
Hardware acceleration is said to create a new 5G throughput reality with 42x encoding and 24x decoding improvements for FEC and HARQ line coding.
From a three-year partnership with Arm to sponsoring ongoing Electronics Resurgence Initiatives, here’s how the U.S.…
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.
Advanced driving-assistance systems have been evolving technology for the past few years. The next evolution of…
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.
Students benefit from a host of educational resources from sponsoring semiconductor companies. But can this corporate…
Students benefit from a host of educational resources from sponsoring semiconductor companies. But can this corporate influence end up limiting EE education?
Three newly-released FPGAs can tell us a lot about the direction of these devices in the industry.
Three newly-released FPGAs can tell us a lot about the direction of these devices in the industry.
Xilinx recently tapped a startup for its AI accelerating software platform. In what ways might this platform add extra…
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?
With an eye on 5G at the hardware level, Arm is attracting notice from Facebook, Snapchat, Google, and Netflix.
With an eye on 5G at the hardware level, Arm is attracting notice from Facebook, Snapchat, Google, and Netflix.
With an increasing burden on networking systems, Xilinx has unveiled a new FPGA with high data processing and flexibility…
With an increasing burden on networking systems, Xilinx has unveiled a new FPGA with high data processing and flexibility to meet evolving connectivity standards.
No need to come back to earth for reconfiguration. Xilinx's new Kintex UltraScale 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.
Remote work during this pandemic has shed light anew on the virtues of RISC-V, which has just gotten more accessible.
Remote work during this pandemic has shed light anew on the virtues of RISC-V, which has just gotten more accessible.
For select silicon startups, Arm has swung open the doors on its IP portfolio.
For select silicon startups, Arm has swung open the doors on its IP portfolio.
Xilinx is one of the world's leading FPGA manufacturers. So, what happens when a critical security vulnerability is…
Xilinx is one of the world's leading FPGA manufacturers. So, what happens when a critical security vulnerability is discovered in their FPGA chips?
What do these two powerhouses plan to do with Xilinx's adaptive compute acceleration platform?
What do these two powerhouses plan to do with Xilinx's adaptive compute acceleration platform?
A new innovative fabrication technique for reprogrammable photonic circuits has been developed by researchers at…
A new innovative fabrication technique for reprogrammable photonic circuits has been developed by researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology.
Renesas' new reference designs for Xilinx's FPGAs and SoCs solve the issues of multiphase regulators. But how might they…
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?
FPGAs pose a major drawback: they require the expertise of highly specialized (and scarce) engineers trained to work…
FPGAs pose a major drawback: they require the expertise of highly specialized (and scarce) engineers trained to work with FPGAs. Three companies have set out to change that.
Osaka University researchers have built a new device that can be customized by the user for maximum efficiency in AI applications.
Osaka University researchers have built a new device that can be customized by the user for maximum efficiency in AI applications.
The FPGA-based SmartNIC arena—including giants like Microsoft and Intel—just got more interesting. Enter the inventor…
The FPGA-based SmartNIC arena—including giants like Microsoft and Intel—just got more interesting. Enter the inventor of FPGAs.