95 news items tagged Xilinx
High-end FPGA demand mounting for datacenter, 5G, AIoT applications
Tuesday 19 November 2019High-end FPGA chips demand is mounting significantly for datacenter, 5G and AIoT applications, providing growth momentum for related wafer foundry, analysis and test players as well...
TSMC 7nm process attracts multiple orders for AI processors
Friday 4 October 2019TSMC with its competitive 7nm process technology has obtained orders for made-for-AI chip processors from Nvidia, Xilinx and Qualcomm, and a number of China-based vendors such as...
TSMC to volume produce 5nm chips as early as March 2020
Monday 23 September 2019TSMC is expected to move its more advanced 5nm process technology to volume production as early as March, according to industry sources.
Taiwan semiconductor foundry sector, 2Q19
Thursday 12 September 2019With global market demand on a moderate increase in second-quarter 2019, Taiwan-based semiconductor foundries showed recovery. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United...
Xilinx intros FPGA featuring 9 million system logic cells
Friday 23 August 2019Xilinx has announced the expansion of its 16nm Virtex UltraScale+ family to now include what the company claims is the world's largest FPGA, the Virtex UltraScale+ VU19P, with 35...
TSMC to kick off shipments for new Xilinx 7nm chips
Wednesday 19 June 2019TSMC will soon enter volume shipments for new Xilinx adaptive compute acceleration processors manufactured using 7nm process technology, according to industry sources.
HiSilicon said to extend capacity guarantee pacts with Taiwan partners through 2Q20
Monday 20 May 2019China chipmaker HiSilicon is reportedly to sign with Taiwan IC supply chain partners capacity guarantee agreements valid through the second quarter of 2020, despite uncertainties...
KYEC, Qualcomm said to set up 5G chips engineering test center
Wednesday 17 April 2019Backend house King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) reportedly will team up with Qualcomm to set up an engineering test center to be installed with 20-30 sets of equipment for testing 5G radio-frequency...
Backend firms to gain from Xilinx tapping 5G FPGA chip market
Wednesday 27 February 2019Leading FPGA chip maker Xilinx is aggressively moving to tap into the market for chip solutions for 5G base stations, and the move is expected to increase orders by 15% for Taiwan-based...
Xilinx ADAS SoC adopted by BYD
Thursday 20 December 2018Xilinx has announced its Zynq-series SoC for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) has been adopted by China-based electric vehicle vendor BYD.
Supply chain partners see mixed impacts from iPhone order cuts
Tuesday 27 November 2018Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has been little affected by a cutback in chip orders for Apple's new iPhones as many of its other fabless clients are queuing for...
TSMC to see record 4Q18 revenues on more 7nm contribution
Wednesday 21 November 2018Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to post record revenues for the fourth quarter of 2018, although many others in the semiconductor sector have turned...
Global heavyweight clients touting adoption of TSMC 7nm node
Thursday 8 November 2018Global heavyweight customers of TSMC are rushing to highlight the foundry giant's 7nm process support as a major booster for their new products, the latest case being AMD announcing...
Innovations count most for AI startups: Q&A with Xilinx president Victor Peng
Tuesday 30 October 2018While Intel and Nvidia have developed leading presence in the CPU and GPU fields, respectively, Xilinx has demonstrated solid innovation prowess in the FPGA space, constantly expanding...
Arm expands DesignStart program for Linux embedded designs
Tuesday 23 October 2018Arm has expanded its DesignStart program to include the Cortex-A5 CPU, Arm's low-power and Linux-capable application processor, according to the processor IP vendor. Developers can...
TSMC expects 7nm chip sales to account for 10% of 2018 revenues
Friday 19 October 2018Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is set to tape out more than 50 chip designs with its 7nm process technology by the end of 2018, and over 100 chip designs with both...
Xilinx promoting acceleration solutions for datacenter servers in China
Thursday 18 October 2018At its recent forum in Beijing, Xilinx introduced its FPGA-based acceleration solutions designed for artificial intelligence (AI) and data center applications. Dubbed Alveo, the acceleration...
Taiwan partners to gain from Xilinx 7nm FPGA rollout in 2019
Friday 12 October 2018Xilinx will mass roll out its next-generation 7nm FPGA chips in 2019, and TSMC and other Xilinx supply chain partners including Chunghwa Precision Test Tech (CHPT) and Answer Technology...
US IC firms may see China revenue prospects dimmed by trade war
Thursday 9 August 2018Semiconductor and some high-tech hardware are among the product list facing 25% import tariff announced by the US on US$16 billion in imports from China, casting clouds over the business...
Apple reportedly among affected 7nm clients in TSMC virus incident
Monday 6 August 2018The computer virus outbreak at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has raised concerns about its impact on the foundry house's shipments particularly its 7nm chip output...
AI-based xPUs proliferating as new growth driver for IC supply chains
Thursday 19 July 2018With the advent of the 5G era, artificial intelligence (AI) applications will be in full swing, prompting chipmakers to develop multiple xPU chips beyond Intel's CPU and Nvidia's...
Xilinx acquires China AI chip startup
Wednesday 18 July 2018Xilinx has acquired DeePhi Technology, a Beijing-based AI chip startup specializing in deep compression, pruning and system-level optimization for neural networks, according to the...
TSMC partners see big revenue gains from advanced process nodes
Tuesday 26 June 2018With TSMC ramping up its 7nm chip output and gearing up for 5nm risk production, the foundry's ecosystem partners including equipment and photomask suppliers, IP developers and EDA...
Global tech giants rushing to invest heavily in AI deployments
Friday 13 April 2018Despite AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and applications still at a nascent development stage, global tech giants have rushed to invest heavily in making strategic deployments...
Xilinx gearing up for FPGA market
Thursday 12 April 2018Bolstered by its programmability trait, FPGA (field-programmable gate array) is gaining ground in the field of high-performance computing (HPC) chips and artificial neural networks...

Xilinx Virtex-5 TXT platform: Single FPGA solution for 40G and 100G telecommunications equipment
Photo: Company, Thursday 25 September 2008
- Xilinx asks US to allow broader shipments to Huawei (Jul 25) - Bloomberg
- Top US tech companies begin to cut off vital Huawei supplies (May 20) - Bloomberg
- Intel discontinues custom foundry business (Dec 17, 2018) - SemiWiki.com
- Three new potential buyout targets for Broadcom (Mar 19, 2018) - Motley Fool
- Qualcomm said to explore takeovers as chipmakers consolidate (Sep 30) - Bloomberg
- Xilinx up 6% on M&A rumor; Qualcomm better off buying NXP, says Cowen (May 24) - Barron's
- Xilinx slumps on soft FQ1 guidance (Apr 27) - Seeking Alpha
- Xilinx soars on buyout hopes (Jan 21) - Wall Street Journal
- Xilinx joins IIC to collaborate on industrial IoT (Jul 16) - Company release
- Xilinx, China Mobile collaborate on next-generation fronthaul interface development for 5G wireless networks (Jun 30) - Company release