Anniversaries in lean times
I’m headed to San Jose Wednesday to attend a Xilinx 25th anniversary where analysts will hear about new generations of products and new vertical application realms Xilinx will pursue. I’ll fill you in within a couple days. It’s hard to believe that it’s been a quarter century since the company and the FPGA architecture first debuted. I hope that everyone raises a glass to the memory of FPGA inventor Ross Freeman.
This midwinter soiree and celebration reminds me of the tenor of the inauguration for our new president. Barack Obama warned in his speech that sacrifice and responsibility would be necessary in these tough times, but that didn’t keep the Washington well-wishers from a series of inaugural balls. Ditto Xilinx. Hard times or not, 25 years of the FPGA is more than reason to celebrate.
