Xilinx
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Xilinx, Inc. (/ˈzaɪlɪŋks/ ZY-links) was an American technology and semiconductor company that primarily supplied programmable logic devices. The company is known for inventing the first commercially viable field-programmable gate array (FPGA). It also created the first fabless manufacturing model.[4][5][6]
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Integrated circuits |
Founded | 1984; 40 years ago (1984)[1] |
Founders | |
Defunct | June 6, 2023; 10 months ago (2023-06-06) |
Fate | Acquired by AMD in 2022 and Xilinx's generic branding phased out in 2023 |
Headquarters | San Jose, California, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | |
Products | FPGAs, CPLDs |
Revenue | US$3.15 billion (2021)[3] |
US$753 million (2021)[3] | |
US$646 million (2021)[3] | |
Total assets | US$5.52 billion (2021)[3] |
Total equity | US$2.89 billion (2021)[3] |
Number of employees | 4,890 (April 2021)[3] |
Parent | AMD |
Website | www |
Xilinx was co-founded by Ross Freeman, Bernard Vonderschmitt, and James V Barnett II in 1984. The company went public on the NASDAQ in 1990.[7][8] AMD announced its acquisition of Xilinx in October 2020, and the deal was completed on February 14, 2022, through an all-stock transaction worth an estimated $60 billion.[9][10] Xilinx remained a wholly owned subsidiary of AMD until the brand was phased out in June 2023, with Xilinx's product lines now branded under AMD.[11]