FPGA Maker Snaps Up Deep Learning Chip Startup

[jonbaer]

https://www.nextplatform.com/2018/07/18/fpga-maker-snaps-up-deep-learning-chip-startup/

[payne92]

Title should be: “Xilinx acquires DeePhi Tech, a Chinese deep learning tech start up, for an undisclosed sum.”

[ggg9990]

I wonder what the likelihood is that a DeePhi employee tries to exfiltrate Xilinx IP back to China.

[baybal2]

More info:

DeepPhi developed a script to bake different neural networks into fpga specific HDL code.

Plus, they are gatekeepers to Chinese clients