SAN JOSE -- With Xilinx’s announcement of the first shipments of its Virtex-7 2000T Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), the era of 2.5D has begun. Xilinx reports that the 2000T is the world’s highest-capacity FPGA using 6.8 billion transistors, providing customers access to an unprecedented 2 million logic cells, equivalent to 20 million ASIC gates for system integration, ASIC replacement, and ASIC prototyping and emulation.

SMYRNA, GA – UP Media Group Inc. seeks abstracts for PCB West 2012, to be held Sept. 25-27, 2012, in Santa Clara, CA. The event includes a three-day technical conference and one-day exhibition to be held at the Santa Clara (CA) Convention Center.