Xilinx
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) and creating the first fabless manufacturing model.
Headquarters in the United States | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Integrated circuits |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Founders | |
| Defunct | June 6, 2023 |
| 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) |
| US$753 million (2021) | |
| US$646 million (2021) | |
| Total assets | US$5.52 billion (2021) |
| Total equity | US$2.89 billion (2021) |
Number of employees | 4,890 (April 2021) |
| 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. 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. 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.