Programmable logic solutions provider Xilinx, Inc. (XLNX) and ARM Holdings, plc (ARM,ARMH), Monday revealed a collaboration to enable ARM processor and interconnect technology on Xilinx Field-Programmable Gate Array to provide customers and ecosystem developers with flexible computing platforms where their IP and software development can be shared and re-used on a broad scale.
The move would allow programmable solutions to penetrate deeper into existing markets and expand into new market spaces. Field-Programmable Gate Array or FPGAs is an integrated circuit designed to be configured either by consumers or designers after manufacturing.
Ideal applications could include the communications, automotive, consumer, aerospace, defense and industrial markets.
ARM Chief Technology Officer, Mike Muller said, "Time-to-market pressures and escalating product development costs are driving the development of a new category of products that combines the processor-centric design methods and open standards common in system-on-chip designs, with programmable logic flexibility."
Muller added that the combined effort of the two companies could accelerate the development of applications across a broad set of markets for software developers and hardware designers alike.
Xilinx and ARM said they had already started working with a number of IP providers and EDA vendors to support an advanced version of the AMBA specification. The work is expected to help create a more optimal ecosystem serving both Xilinx FPGA and ARM IP technologies.
The AMBA protocol is the existing standard for on-chip fabric communication. The new collaboration with Xilinx optimizes this for FPGA implementations and introduces a new use model of being used with or without processors as well.
IP developed by Xilinx and its ecosystem is also indicated to reduce costs, as re-usability of IP is an essential component in reducing system development costs and timescales.
Xilinx senior vice president of World Wide Marketing and Business Development, Vin Ratford said, "With open, standards-based solutions from Xilinx, we will enable our customers to further focus on their core solutions and differentiation through their IP while re-using established solutions from within and/or from ecosystem providers."
XLNX is currently trading at $23.61, up $0.31 or 1.33%, on a volume of 2.29 million shares.
ARMH is currently trading at $0.40 or 5.29%, on a volume of 3.76 million shares.
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