FPGA Maker Snaps Up Deep Learning Chip Startup

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

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

More info:

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

Plus, they are gatekeepers to Chinese clients