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Supplier Slogan | ALL PROGRAMMABLE | Ingenuity for Life | | Perfection in Automation | | A Model That Works. | | Inspire the Next. | |
HQ Location | United States | Germany | Taiwan | Austria | Germany | United States | United Kingdom | Japan | United States |
Year Founded | 1984 | 1847 | 1995 | 1979 | 1999 | 1899 | 1903 | 1910 | 1992 |
Company Type | Public | Public | Public | Private | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public |
Stock Ticker | NASDAQ: XLNX | ETR: SIE | TPE: 6166 | | OTCMKTS: IFNNY | NYSE: GD | NYSE:NVT | OTCMKTS: HTHIY | NASDAQ: NTAP |
Revenue | $1-10b | > $10b | $100m-1b | $100m-1b | $1-10b | > $10b | $100m-1b | > $10b | $1-10b |
Employees | 1,001 - 10,000 | > 50,000 | 1,001 - 10,000 | 1,001 - 10,000 | 10,001 - 50,000 | > 50,000 | 1,001 - 10,000 | > 50,000 | 10,001 - 50,000 |
Website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website | Open website |
Twitter Handle | @XilinxInc | @Siemens | | @br_automation | @Infineon | @gdms | @ERICO_Brand | @hitachi_us | @netapp |
Company Description | Xilinx is the world’s leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs, MPSoCs and 3D ICs, enabling the next generation of smarter, connected, and differentiated systems and networks. Driven by the industry-wide shifts towards Cloud Computing, SDN/NFV, Video Everywhere, Embedded Vision, Industrial IoT, and 5G Wireless, Xilinx innovations enable these applications that are both, software defined, yet hardware optimized.
Xilinx’s portfolio of software defined and hardware optimized solutions include proven C and IP based design tools that support the development of ‘software defined hardware’, and a new family of software development environments that supports the development of ‘software defined systems’. With this unique combination, Xilinx is addressing the rapidly growing demands for programmability and intelligence with software, while enabling >10X the bandwidth, 1/10th the latency and power, and flexible any-to-any connectivity with optimized hardware. | Siemens is the largest engineering company in Europe. With their positioning along the electrification value chain, Siemens has the knowhow that extends from power generation to power transmission, power distribution and smart grid to the efficient application of electrical energy. Featured Subsidiaries/ Business Units: - Digital Factory - Siemens Technology to Business (TTB) | ADLINK's measurement and automation product segment (MAPS) is dedicated to providing reliable, top quality products for industrial I/O control, motion control, digital imaging, data acquisition, and modular instrument applications.
Their comprehensive portfolio of measurement and automation products, application ready platforms, and easy-to-use software packages, with integrated value-added service, continually meet and exceed customer requirements for industrial automation systems, machine vision systems, and automated test and measurement equipment. With their customers' requirements in mind, ADLINK continues to develop new PCI Express data acquisition cards and frame grabbers for high bandwidth applications, PXI/PXIe Controllers and platforms fitting any profile from entry level to high performance, faster D/IO cards and digitizers with increased resolution, and the industry's most advanced motion Controllers. | The pioneering spirit of company founders Erwin Bernecker and Josef Rainer, together with the vision of accomplishing something exceptional for the automation industry, still influences the company's strategy today. This conviction led to the establishment of the first international subsidiaries in 1983. Entrepreneurial courage, along with remarkable foresight, allowed B&R to prosper into an international company within the last quarter of a century.
Excellent intuition regarding market developments and trends, combined with the ambition to offer high-tech solutions that benefit customers, has allowed B&R to become an industry leader in innovation and technology.
Year founded: 1979 | Infineon is a semiconductor manufacturer with a focus on automotives, industrial power control, power management, and chip cards and security. | General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company. From Gulfstream business jets to submarines to wheeled combat vehicles to communications systems, people around the world depend on their products and services for their safety and security.
Year founded: 1952
NYSE: GD | In 1903, the Electric Railway Improvement Company (ERICO) was created to supply power bonds, signal bonds and related welding equipment to railroads, mining and street railway industries. And for the next 112 years, the company expanded and flourished by adding capabilities and brands relevant to their core business as well as by promoting growth with forays into some new business arenas. In 2015, ERICO Global Company became part of the Pentair family, and in 2018, the electrical division of Pentair became nVent. Today, nVent is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of superior engineered products for niche electrical, mechanical and concrete applications. These nVent products are sold globally under a variety of market-leading brands: nVent ERICO welded electrical connections, facility electrical protection, and rail and industrial products; nVent CADDY fixing, fastening and support products; nVent ERIFLEX low voltage power and grounding connections, bonding and connectivity products; and nVent LENTON engineered systems for concrete reinforcement. | Hitachi is a highly diversified company that operates eleven business segments: Information & Telecommunication Systems, Social Infrastructure, High Functional Materials & Components, Financial Services, Power Systems, Electronic Systems & Equipment, Automotive Systems, Railway & Urban Systems, Digital Media & Consumer Products, Construction Machinery and Other Components & Systems.
Year founded: 1910
Revenue: $94.0 billion (2014)
TYO: 6501 | NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that help accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Their dedication to principles of simplicity, innovation, and customer success has made us one of the fastest-growing storage and data management providers today. |
IoT Solutions | The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is driving the fourth wave of the industrial revolution. It is dramatically altering manufacturing, energy, transportation, cities, medical, and other industrial sectors. Most experts believe that IIoT is happening now and with very tangible, measurable business impact.
The IIoT enables companies to collect, aggregate, and analyze data from sensors to maximize the efficiency of machines and the throughput of an entire operation. Applications include motion control, machine-to-machine, Predictive Maintenance, smart energy and smart grid, big data analytics, and smart and connected medical systems.
Only Xilinx provides a flexible, standards based solution that combines software programmability, real-time processing, hardware optimization and any-to-any connectivity with the security and safety needed for Industrial IoT systems. Xilinx SDAccel™, SDSoC™, and Vivado® High-Level Synthesis enable customers to quickly develop their smarter, connected, and differentiated applications. | In the near future, billions of pieces of equipment will be connected to one another and massive amounts of data will pouring in. Advanced algorithms, high-powered computing, better connectivity and cloud storage all facilitate the emergence of smart systems. Knowing how to leverage the respective opportunities, however, requires a unique set of skills. Siemens has the engineering, domain and digital know-how to generate performance improvements across the entire value chain, from design to production and operations to maintenance. Digital simulation technology accelerates the plant design, the installation and commissioning as well as the entire product design and production planning process. Multiple components in systems and plants can be intelligently networked to communicate with each other and exchange real-time data. Machine Learning makes complex systems more efficient without human intervention. The intelligent analysis of operational data helps identify patterns and predict potential downtimes. Minimum downtimes boost reliability thanks to lifecycle services. | SEMA Cloud comprises a cloud server architecture hosting the SEMA Cloud IoT Service which can be managed and administered by a web based Management Portal and which is provided to ADLINKs customers as Platform as a Service (PaaS). And it includes a smart Gateway software with an IoT stack on top of intelligent SEMA middleware, enabling embedded devices to connect securely to the cloud using state-of-the-art Encryption technologies without additional design requirements. By pushing data to the users cloud server via any kind of TCP/IP connection such as 3G, 4G, LAN or wireless LAN — system operators have easy access to data and analytics through web browsers or a web Application Programming Interface (WebAPI), using devices such as desktop PC, tablet or smartphone or using data analytics systems. System operators can verify, monitor and manage system performance from a single, central location, improving reliability and reducing management costs. | | When physical things are equipped with smart sensor and microchip technology and completely connected to one another, they autonomously transmit information and data digitally over the Internet. With the aid of these interfaces, real things can be controlled remotely via virtual commands – in a cyber-physical manner.
The data and information exchanged faces a growing number of risks. Inadequately secured systems are open not only to espionage and data theft, but also to malevolent manipulation. Infineon has developed security solutions that combine innovative hardware security and state-of-the-art Encryption technology – after all, it's better to be safe than sorry.
Infineon has developed a broad range of easy-to-deploy semiconductor technologies to counter growing security threats in the IoT. These solutions enable system and device manufacturers as well as service providers to capitalize on growth opportunities by integrating the right level of security without compromising on the user experience. Complemented by software and supporting services, our hardware-based products create an anchor of Trust for security implementations, supporting device integrity checks, Authentication and secure key management. | Information Systems and Technology develops, improves and secures the systems of sophisticated defense, aerospace and communications products. They have an established global presence in large-scale IT networks and systems, secure communications systems, command and control systems, imagery sensors and cyber products.
| nVent CADDY Fixing, fastening and support products for use in electrical installation, datacom, telecom, fire protection, seismic and HVAC applications. nVent ERICO Grounding, bonding, lightning protection and electrical rail connection solutions for commercial, industrial, utility, rail, alternative energy and telecom end user groups. nVent ERIFLEX Low voltage power and grounding connections for OEMs, panel builders and targeted industries. nVent LENTON Engineered products for concrete reinforcing steel connections. | The Internet of Things (IoT) is the network of physical objects accessed through the Internet—essentially a "Connected Everything Platform." These objects contain embedded technology to interact with internal states or the external environment. When objects can sense and communicate, it changes how and where decisions are made, and who makes them.
IoT is connecting new places—such as manufacturing floors, energy grids, healthcare facilities, and transportation systems—to the Internet. When an object can represent itself digitally, it can be controlled from anywhere. This connectivity means more data, gathered from more places, with more ways to: increase efficiency, innovate in product development, increase asset utilization, enhance the customer experience, streamline the supply chain, and improve safety and security.
Hitachi Consulting helps apply IoT solutions to drive business value, ultimately allowing companies to be IoT innovators and become an "Enterprise of Things." Companies can learn more about Hitachi Consulting's products, solutions and expertise and how they leverage the diverse product portfolio of Hitachi to help enterprises quickly get value out of IoT capabilities. | NetApp is focused on how data plays a role in the Internet of Things (IoT). The collection points (sensors), data protection (edge to core), and data management (data center) are all critical value adds of IoT-savvy data storage systems today.
The application of the IoT to everyday life and business causes an overwhelming amount of complexity for data management. The ‘real time’ needs of it are important, which makes NetApp well positioned in this conversation today with decades of experience helping customers manage their data as efficiently and effectively as possible. |
Key Customers | | ARUP Laboratories, Digital Realty, University of Michigan, HP, Polar Electro, Electrolux, ROJ Electronics Srl, Tokamak Energy, Grissom High School, Zipline, Bye Aerospace. | | | ABB, Bosch, Siemens | Canadian Department of National Defence, UK MoD, US DoD | | BMW, Cortal Consors, Die Mobiliar | Continental Automotive, National Ignition Facility, Suncorp, Tuscon Electric Power |
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Technologies | Application Infrastructure & MiddlewareProcessors & Edge IntelligenceNetworks & ConnectivityPlatform as a Service (PaaS) | Analytics & ModelingAutomation & ControlFunctional ApplicationsPlatform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceCybersecurity & PrivacyNetworks & ConnectivitySensors | Platform as a Service (PaaS)Processors & Edge IntelligenceAnalytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyRobots | Automation & ControlProcessors & Edge IntelligenceApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareNetworks & Connectivity | Processors & Edge IntelligenceSensorsAnalytics & ModelingNetworks & ConnectivityOtherPlatform as a Service (PaaS) | | Other | Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Analytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyDronesPlatform as a Service (PaaS) | Analytics & ModelingApplication Infrastructure & MiddlewareCybersecurity & PrivacyInfrastructure as a Service (IaaS)Platform as a Service (PaaS) |
Industries | AerospaceAutomotiveElectronicsHealthcare & Hospitals | AerospaceAutomotiveBatteryBuildingsCementChemicalsConsumer GoodsEducationElectrical GridsElectronicsEquipment & MachineryFinance & InsuranceFood & BeverageGlassHealthcare & HospitalsMarine & ShippingMiningOil & GasPharmaceuticalsRailway & MetroRetailTransportationUtilities | BuildingsHealthcare & HospitalsNational Security & DefenseRetailTelecommunicationsTransportation | AutomotiveFood & BeverageMarine & ShippingMetalsOil & GasPackagingRecycling & Waste ManagementRenewable EnergySemiconductors | AutomotiveSemiconductorsTelecommunications | AerospaceMarine & ShippingNational Security & Defense | Renewable EnergyTelecommunicationsUtilities | ChemicalsConstruction & InfrastructureElectrical GridsEquipment & MachineryFinance & InsuranceHealthcare & HospitalsOil & GasRenewable EnergyRetailTransportationUtilities | Electronics |
Use Cases | | Process Control & OptimizationAutomated Disease DiagnosisDigital TwinFlexible ManufacturingManufacturing Process SimulationManufacturing System AutomationPredictive MaintenanceVirtual Prototyping & Product TestingWater Utility Management | | Material Handling AutomationProcess Control & OptimizationSmart Lighting | Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence | | | Energy Management SystemCybersecurityEdge Computing & Edge IntelligencePredictive MaintenanceProcess Control & Optimization | CybersecurityEdge Computing & Edge Intelligence |
Functions | | Business OperationLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceProcess ManufacturingProduct Research & Development | Warehouse & Inventory Management | Product Research & Development | Discrete ManufacturingProduct Research & Development | | Business Operation | Business OperationDiscrete ManufacturingFacility ManagementLogistics & TransportationMaintenanceProcess Manufacturing | Business OperationFacility Management |
Services | | Hardware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem Integration | | | Hardware Design & Engineering ServicesSystem Integration | | Hardware Design & Engineering ServicesSoftware Design & Engineering Services | Software Design & Engineering ServicesCloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesCybersecurity ServicesData Science ServicesTraining | Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation ServicesTrainingCybersecurity ServicesData Science Services |
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Strong | Moderate |
Platform as a Service (PaaS) | Minor | Moderate | Moderate | None | Minor | None | None | Strong | Strong |
Application Infrastructure & Middleware | Moderate | None | Minor | Minor | None | None | None | Strong | Moderate |
Analytics & Modeling | None | Moderate | Moderate | None | Moderate | None | None | Moderate | Minor |
Functional Applications | None | Moderate | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Cybersecurity & Privacy | None | Minor | Minor | None | None | None | None | Moderate | Minor |
Networks & Connectivity | Minor | Moderate | None | Minor | Minor | None | None | None | None |
Processors & Edge Intelligence | Moderate | Minor | Minor | Minor | Strong | None | None | None | None |
Sensors | None | Moderate | None | None | Moderate | None | None | None | None |
Automation & Control | None | Strong | None | Moderate | None | None | None | None | None |
Robots | None | None | Moderate | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Drones | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | Strong | None |
Wearables | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Actuators | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Other | None | None | None | None | Minor | None | Minor | None | None |
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