Xilinx platform opens up

BANGALORE, INDIA: Xilinx Inc. is transforming its ecosystem by opening the Xilinx platform and supporting key industry standards to establish an FPGA marketplace that extends the breadth and depth of its Alliance Program. As part of this effort, Xilinx claims, it is making it easier for FPGA users to quickly find the right partner for their specific design and development needs, while also enabling greater customer satisfaction and quality of results when working with Xilinx Alliance Program members.

"Customers are increasingly turning to FPGAs and expert 3rd party providers to design progressively complex products within shrinking time to market budgets, but the industry needs to streamline the process further through industry standards and open platforms to make FPGAs more approachable to a broader set of electronic system designers versus ASIC and ASSP alternatives," said Dave Tokic, Senior Director, Partner Ecosystems and Alliances at Xilinx. "The ultimate goal in this new chapter of the Xilinx Alliance Program is to introduce a healthier marketplace for the ecosystem that is tuned to specific end-market applications, implemented on Xilinx FPGAs, and delivered to customers via Targeted Design Platforms that come directly from us and the FPGA ecosystem at large."

"Xilinx programmable platforms and key Alliance Program members have helped Delphi shorten development time for some of our latest infotainment products," said Roger Davis, Product Line Architect. "As a market innovator, it is important for Delphi to accelerate the product design process without compromising quality. The transparent qualification and certification process Xilinx has put in place to strengthen the ecosystem allows our design teams to more confidently engage with those key Alliance Program members to successfully meet this goal."

As the industry is developing more complex designs on programmable solutions, competent and trusted providers are required to deliver key IP, software, and services to meet the tight delivery schedules of today's system companies," said Gunter Rottner, Director of Engineering at Bosch. "Xilinx is taking a leadership position by building their ecosystem on open standards and holding them to high standards to reduce customer risks."