Xilinx centre develops 20 IP cores
The Hindu Business Line, January 6, 2006

Hyderabad: XILINX, a $1.6-billion semiconductor company, has developed 20 intellectual property (IP) cores from its India development centre based out of CMC in Hyderabad.

Of this 20 IP cores, one of them has an under-the-hood technology that is used for automotives. All applications that go under the hood of a car can be handled by the solution developed by Xilinx. The company is in talks with OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to impement the technology.

Along with the IP cores developed in 2004, the Indian team has contributed about 10 per cent of Xilinx's total IP cores. This is significant, since it is a relatively small team.

Speaking to Business Line, the Executive Vice-President of Xilinx, Mr Richard W. Sevcik, said that Gartner Dataquest forecasts project that the programmable logic devices market is poised to grow to about 4.5 billion in 2006, wherein Xilinx accounts "for a large share."

The Managing Director of Xilinx-CMC India Development Centre, Mr Akshya Prakash, said Xilinx developed 12 IP cores in the first year and 20 cores the following year.

The Managing Director of CMC, Mr R. Ramanan, said CMC has been chosen as a strategic partner to provide Xilinx solutions for the automotive industry.