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Heritage

Trust. History. Reliability. Innovation.

Your trust is well placed. With over 20 years of pioneering service to the aerospace and defense industries, Xilinx has delivered:

Unwavering Support for Defense Customer Needs

  • Legacy of service to the industry extending more than two decades
  • Dedicated business unit focused on aerospace- and defense-specific solutions
  • Delivering programmable logic solutions to more than 25 major defense contractors worldwide
  • Extended obsolescence policies for military-grade devices
  • Technology development partnerships with key government agencies

Innovative Solutions for Enabling Next-Generation Defense Systems

  • Type-I cryptographic solutions (silicon, tools and IP) for high-assurance applications
  • Partial reconfiguration capability to optimize SWAP-C
  • SDR development kits for implementing modem and crypto solutions
  • Encryption for IP security, such as AES
  • Built-in System Monitor function to address anti-tamper concerns
  • Rich library of IP to accelerate time to market

High-Reliability FPGAs for Rugged Environments

  • Fully qualified and characterized extended temperature (-55ºC to +125ºC) product offerings
  • Advanced flip-chip packaging reduces form factor and improves signal integrity
  • QML-certified product line and manufacturing flows
  • On-site Titanium Dedicated Engineering services for ITAR-sensitive products

More about Titanium Dedicated Engineering

Leadership in Radiation Testing

Atmospheric Radiation Effects for Avionics

  • Real-world application-based FPGA testing
    for neutron effects via “Rosetta” neutron test arrays
  • Accelerated neutron testing

Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects

  • Heavy ion and proton testing
  • Static and dynamic single-event effects
  • (SEE) testing
  • Single-event upset (SEU) mitigation applications
    tested and verified
  • Gamma total ionizing dose (TID) testing

More about radiation effects.

SEE Test Consortium

  • Founded by Xilinx and Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Space industry partners develop and
    execute test plans
  • Peer reviewed and published data

More about the SEE Consortium.

Proven Program Performance

Programs flying Xilinx FPGAs include:

  • Venus Express
  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
  • Mars Landers (pyro control)
  • Mars Rovers (motor control)
  • GRACE
  • FedSat
  • OPTUS Signal Processing
  • TACSAT2
  • CIBOLA
  • GPS Transceivers

Over 50 new programs are currently under development.

 
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