SMRTR TechJun 2, 2025Forbes

From Mars To Retro Gaming: 40 Years In And FPGAs Continue To Blaze A Trail

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FPGAs, invented by Xilinx 40 years ago, have revolutionized chip design and enabled innovations across industries. These reprogrammable integrated circuits have evolved from simple 85,000-transistor devices to complex 138 billion-transistor adaptive SoCs, powering everything from Mars rovers to autonomous vehicles. AMD, which acquired Xilinx in 2022, continues to advance FPGA technology for emerging fields like AI and 6G networks.

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