Xilinx

Xilinx is a supplier of programmable logic devices whose FPGAs and SoC families have been run under AMD's roof since its acquisition in 2022. An FPGA can be freely configured after manufacture and processes signal paths in parallel in hardware, rather than working through them step by step on a processor. Well known is the Zynq range, which combines programmable logic and an ARM processing core on a single chip. One example is the Zynq-7000 family with a core from the Cortex-A9 series. On the processing core, an Embedded Linux often runs, while time-critical data streams arise directly in the FPGA. This makes the architecture well suited to fast sensor connection and image processing. Where software and signal processing have to mesh closely, Xilinx brings its strengths of programmable hardware and an integrated processor fully to bear.

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