Xilinx

Xilinx, Inc. is an American technology company that is primarily a supplier of programmable logic devices. The company invented the field-programmable gate array and is the semiconductor company that created the first fabless manufacturing model.

Xilinx, Inc. designs, develops and markets programmable devices and associated technologies. It offers programmable platforms, it also provides design services, customer training, field engineering and technical support. The company was founded by Ross Freeman, Bernard Vonderschmitt, and James V. Barnett II in February 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.