Xilinx

Xilinx, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
Nasdaq: XLNX
IndustryIntegrated circuits
Founded1984; 40 years ago (1984)[1]
Founders
DefunctJune 6, 2023; 17 months ago (2023-06-06)
FateAcquired by AMD in 2022 and Xilinx's generic branding phased out in 2023
HeadquartersSan Jose, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsFPGAs, CPLDs
RevenueDecrease US$3.15 billion (2021)[3]
Decrease US$753 million (2021)[3]
Decrease US$646 million (2021)[3]
Total assetsIncrease US$5.52 billion (2021)[3]
Total equityIncrease US$2.89 billion (2021)[3]
Number of employees
4,890 (April 2021)[3]
ParentAMD
Websitewww.xilinx.com Edit this at Wikidata

Xilinx, Inc. (/ˈzaɪlɪŋks/ ZY-links) was an American technology and semiconductor company that primarily supplied programmable logic devices. The company is renowned for inventing the first commercially viable field-programmable gate array (FPGA). It also pioneered the first fabless manufacturing model.[4][5][6]

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] In October 2020, AMD announced its acquisition of Xilinx, which was completed on February 14, 2022, through an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $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]

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  9. ^ "AMD to Acquire Xilinx, Creating the Industry's High Performance Computing Leader". Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 27 October 2020. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  10. ^ Lee, Jane Lanhee (2022-02-14). "AMD closes record chip industry deal with estimated $50 billion purchase of Xilinx". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  11. ^ "424B3". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-18.