Catching up on some of the news from the last couple of weeks or so, let’s start with a recent update concerning Apple: the company is reportedly planning to build a new semiconductor design center in Munich, Germany, as part of a 1 $1.2 billion investment push to develop custom chips for 5G mobile and other wireless technologies. According to the report, Apple plans to move into the facility in late 2022 and plans to hire hundreds of people.
Xilinx Vitis HLS front-end is now open source
Xilinx has made the decision of opening access to the front-end of Vitis HLS (high level synthesis) on GitHub. The Vitis HLS tool allows C, C++, and OpenCL functions to be deployed onto the device logic fabric and RAM/DSP blocks. Making the Vitis HLS front-end available on GitHub enables developers to tap into the technology and modify it for the specific needs of their applications.
