Adapting to Forced Obsolescence: A Case Study on Xilinx’s Phasing Out of the Spartan-6 Devices and its Impact on the Electronics Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Xilinx, a leading manufacturer of programmable logic devices, announced in 2020 that it would be phasing out production of its Spartan-6 line of devices. This decision was likely due to a number of factors, including declining demand for the older technology and the availability of more advanced devices in the market.The phase-out of the Spartan-6 devices may have been accelerated by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which had a significant impact…
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10 January 2023