SAN JOSE, Calif., May 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc.
(NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that the Land Transport Authority of
Singapore has selected
Xilinx® Automotive (XA) Zynq® -7000 All
Programmable SoCs for its Intelligent Transport Systems. The
program was awarded to Xilinx by the Land Transport Authority of
Singapore on March 20, 2015, at a signing ceremony at LTA
headquarters in Singapore.
Intelligent Transport Systems keep Singapore's roads and tunnel systems safe,
maximize road network efficiency capacity, as well as monitor and
manage traffic flow. Its infrastructure spans over 164 km of
expressways and road tunnel systems throughout land-scarce
Singapore.
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"Xilinx was able to prove that they have the necessary quality,
reliability and security, and their devices will allow Singapore to continue harnessing
technologies," said Grace Ong,
director of transportation technology of the Land Transport
Authority.
"We are proud to support Singapore Land Transport Authority's
innovative Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) projects with our
most advanced Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs," said Vincent Tong, senior vice president, global
operations and quality and Asia
Pacific executive leader at Xilinx. "Xilinx's
Asia Pacific headquarters has been
based in Singapore since 2004, so
our experts in technical, supply chain and quality are well
positioned at the local level to support real-time collaboration
with LTA, not to mention the proactive and responsive
infrastructure support that our Asia
Pacific customers have all come to rely on."
"XA Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs are qualified beyond the
stringent automotive industry AEC-Q100 requirements, and are in
full production at several OEM automakers for innovative advanced
driver assistance systems. The XA Zynq-7000 product line is a
cornerstone of our rapidly growing Automotive and Transport
business at Xilinx, and we remain the only semiconductor
manufacturer with a 28nm All Programmable SoC in full series
production at automotive OEMs today," said Nick DiFiore, director of automotive segment at
Xilinx. "Many of our automotive and transport customers have
realized the unique benefits of the Zynq All Programmable SoCs in
terms of performance, power, flexibility, and system cost, and we a
delighted that Singapore's LTA is
among them. We look forward to continued work with LTA to
fully deploy smarter future urban mobility."
About Xilinx
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FPGAs, SoCs and 3D ICs. These industry-leading devices are coupled
with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad
range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable
systems integration. For more information, visit
www.xilinx.com.
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