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James V. Barnett II is an American engineer and co-founder of the FPGA developer Xilinx.
James V. Barnett, II Innovator in the fields of semiconductors, liquid crystal displays, and digital watches; pioneered the industry of programmable gate arrays; Co-founder of XILINX, the field programmable gate array creators.
Oct 21, 2014 · James Barnett was a founder of Xilinx in 1984. Before founding Xilinx he was with Zilog. His early career was spent at Fairchild Semiconductor, Raytheon Semiconductor, American Microsystems, Ness Time, and Zilog Semiconductor.
Xilinx was co-founded by Ross Freeman, Bernard Vonderschmitt, and James V Barnett II in 1984. The company went public on the NASDAQ in 1990. AMD announced its acquisition of Xilinx in October 2020, and the deal was completed on February 14, 2022, through an all-stock transaction worth an estimated $60 billion.
James V. Barnett, II has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
James V. Barnett, II (2012) Innovator in the fields of semiconductors, liquid crystal displays, and digital watches; pioneered the industry of programmable gate arrays; Co-founder of XILINX, the field programmable gate array creators.
Aug 5, 2022 · In 1984, after some fundraising, Ross Freeman, Bernard Vonderschmitt, and James V. Barnett II founded a company called Xilinx. Freeman speculated that transistors would experience a fall in price and eventually invented the FPGA. He made the FPGA an economical solution for various applications.
