Editing Xilinx (section)

{{short description|American technology company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Xilinx, Inc.
| logo = File:Xilinx logo.svg
| image = XilinxInc-lobby.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters in [[San Jose, California]]
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ was|XLNX}}
| fate = Acquired by [[AMD]] in 2022 and Xilinx's generic branding phased out in 2023
| defunct = {{end date and age|2023|06|06}}
| foundation = {{start date and age|1984}}<ref name="Xilinx-Inc-Jun-1996-10-K">{{cite web |url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2283/101287096000076/filing-main.htm |title=Xilinx Inc, Form DEF 14A, Filing Date Jun 24, 1996 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date=May 6, 2018 |archive-date=May 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507153753/http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2283/101287096000076/filing-main.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| location = [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]], U.S.
| founders = {{ubl|[[James V. Barnett II]]|[[Ross Freeman]]|[[Bernie Vonderschmitt]]}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{ubl|class=nowrap|Dennis Segers ([[chairman]])|[[Victor Peng]] ([[President (corporate title)|president]], [[Chief Executive Officer|CEO]])|Brice Hill ([[Chief Financial Officer|CFO]])<ref>{{cite web |title=CFOs On the Move |date=10 April 2020 |url=https://www.cfo.com/people/2020/04/cfos-on-the-move-week-ending-april-10/ |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-date=18 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042831/https://www.cfo.com/people/2020/04/cfos-on-the-move-week-ending-april-10/ |url-status=live }}</ref>|Ivo Bolsens ([[Chief Technology Officer|CTO]])}}
| industry = [[Integrated circuit]]s
| products = [[FPGA]]s, [[CPLD]]s
| revenue = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|3.15 billion|link=yes}} (2021)}}<ref name="2021 10-K">{{cite web |title=Form 10-K Xilinx, Inc. For the Fiscal Year Ended April 3,2021 |url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/743988/000074398821000016/xlnx-20210403.htm |publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |date=14 May 2021 }}</ref>
| operating_income = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|753 million}} (2021)}}<ref name="2021 10-K" />
| net_income = {{nowrap|{{decrease}} {{US$|646 million}} (2021)}}<ref name="2021 10-K" />
| assets = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|5.52 billion}} (2021)}}<ref name="2021 10-K" />
| equity = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{US$|2.89 billion}} (2021)}}<ref name="2021 10-K" />
| parent = [[AMD]] (2022–2023)
| num_employees = 4,890 (April 2021)<ref name="2021 10-K" />
| website = {{official URL}}
}}

'''Xilinx, Inc.''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|z|aɪ|l|ɪ|ŋ|k|s}} {{Respell|ZY|links}}) was an American technology and [[semiconductor]] company that primarily supplied [[programmable logic device]]s. The company is renowned for inventing the first commercially viable [[field-programmable gate array]] (FPGA). It also pioneered the first [[fabless manufacturing]] model.<ref name=":0b">{{Cite web|title=XCELL issue 32|url=http://www.xilinx.com/publications/archives/xcell/Xcell32.pdf|publisher=Xilinx}}</ref><ref name="six">Jonathan Cassell, iSuppli. "[http://www.isuppli.com/MarketWatchDetail.aspx?ID=314 A Forgettable Year for Memory Chip Makers: iSuppli releases preliminary 2008 semiconductor rankings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217125827/http://www.isuppli.com/MarketWatchDetail.aspx?ID=314 |date=2008-12-17 }}." December 1, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2009.</ref><ref name="eleven">John Edwards, EDN. "[https://archive.today/20120728124831/http://www.edn.com/article/CA6339519.html No room for Second Place]." June 1, 2006. Retrieved January 15, 2009.</ref>

Xilinx was co-founded by [[Ross Freeman]], [[Bernard Vonderschmitt]], and [[James V. Barnett II|James V Barnett II]] in 1984. The company went public on the [[Nasdaq]] in 1990.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/xilinx |title=Forbes Profile: Xilinx |access-date=30 June 2022 |website=[[Forbes]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-04-30-fi-1269-story.html |title=THE TIMES 100 : The Best Performing Companies in California : View From the Street : Initial Stock Offerings Proved a Real Gamble |date=30 April 1991 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Tom |last=Petruno}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AMD to Acquire Xilinx, Creating the Industry's High Performance Computing Leader|url=https://ir.amd.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/977/amd-to-acquire-xilinx-creating-the-industrys-high?sf239269550=1|access-date=2020-10-27|website=Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.| date=27 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Lee|first=Jane Lanhee|date=2022-02-14|title=AMD closes record chip industry deal with estimated $50 billion purchase of Xilinx|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/amd-closes-biggest-chip-acquisition-with-498-bln-purchase-xilinx-2022-02-14/|access-date=2022-02-14}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=424B3 |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2488/000119312521071625/d83168d424b3.htm |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.sec.gov}}</ref>