Advanced Products: Alveo and related products, Versal, UltraScale+, UltraScale and 7-series products.
Core Products: Virtex-6, Spartan-6, Virtex‐5, CoolRunner‐II, Virtex-4, Virtex-II, Spartan-3, Spartan-2, XC9500 products, configuration solutions, software & support/services.
Key Statistics: (Dollars in Millions) |
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Q4 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
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FY2021 |
FY2021 |
FY2020 |
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Operating Cash Flow |
$240 |
$360 |
$345 |
Depreciation Expense (including software amortization) |
$30 |
$31 |
$29 |
Capital Expenditures (including software) |
$13 |
$6 |
$32 |
Free Cash Flow (1) |
$227 |
$354 |
$313 |
Inventory Days (internal) |
101 |
115 |
122 |
Revenue Turns (%) |
29 |
34 |
46 |
(1) Free Cash Flow = Operating Cash Flow - Capital Expenditures (including software) |
Product and Financial Highlights - Fiscal Year 2021
- Data Center Group (DCG) delivered 20% annual revenue growth over fiscal 2020 driven by continuing adoption with hyperscale customers across compute, networking and storage workloads. Xilinx maintains strong engagements with hyperscalers to deliver solutions for AI compute, video acceleration, composable networking and computational storage. We also introduced new products and solutions to power the data center and the edge in fiscal 2021 including new Alveo SmartNICs, real-time server appliances for ultra-high-density video transcoding, the Samsung SmartSSD® Computational Storage Drive, the industry’s first adaptable computational storage platform, and the Xilinx App Store
- Wired and Wireless Group (WWG) revenues were down 14% compared to fiscal 2020 reflecting China trade-related impacts as well as slowdowns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Wireless end market recovered in the second half of fiscal 2021 as 5G deployments accelerated in multiple regions across a variety of technologies. Versal is now in production with a Tier-1 OEM to enable beamforming technology in massive MIMO applications, and continues to gain momentum with design wins with multiple OEMs. RFSoC is in deployment with multiple customers and Xilinx has a strong design win pipeline with RFSoC DFE. Recent announcements with Mavenir and Fujitsu, as well as for the T1 Telco Accelerator Card, position Xilinx to support the emerging growth opportunities in O-RAN
- Aerospace & Defense, Industrial and Test & Measurement (AIT) revenue grew 6% compared to fiscal 2020, driven by strength in Industrial, Scientific & Medical (ISM) and Test, Measurement & Emulation (TME) end markets. Zynq product penetration into applications that have traditionally used ASSPs and ASICs have provided significant expansion of available market opportunities
- Automotive, Broadcast and Consumer (ABC) markets delivered 1% annual growth despite material impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Automotive end market recovered strongly in the second half of fiscal 2021 with consecutive quarters of record revenue in Q3 and Q4 despite ongoing supply chain challenges. Xilinx platforms continue to be adopted by leading global OEMs and manufacturers for ADAS applications, including Continental for a 4-D imaging radar and Subaru to power its new-generation EyeSight ADAS system
- Xilinx introduced new solutions for the edge, including the new Kria adaptive system-on-module (SOM) platform for accelerating AI applications at the edge, and a cost-optimized UltraScale+ portfolio, for ultra-compact, high-performance edge compute
- Strong adoption momentum continues for the Vitis software development platform with over 76,000 downloads and another 23,000 estimated downloads for Vitis AI development environment for accelerating AI inference. In addition, over 20,000 developers have been trained on Xilinx software tools, and more than 1,000 ISV partners have published over 200 applications across all Xilinx powered adaptive platforms including cloud, Alveo and SmartSSD
Commentary on AMD Transaction
As announced on October 27, 2020, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) intends to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock transaction valued at $35 billion. Due to the pending acquisition, Xilinx will not hold an earnings conference call or provide forward-looking guidance. Also, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement between the Company and AMD, Xilinx has suspended its quarterly dividend as well as its open market stock repurchase program.
Non-GAAP Financial Information
Fiscal year 2021 and fourth quarter 2021 results include financial measures which are not determined in accordance with the United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), as indicated. Non-GAAP measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures has been reconciled, in each case, to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, as indicated in the accompanying tables. Xilinx’s (the Company) calculation of such non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies.
Management uses the non-GAAP financial measures disclosed herein, other than free cash flow, to evaluate the Company's financial results from continuing operations (excluding the impact of acquisitions) and compare to operating performance in past periods. Similarly, Management believes presentation of these non-GAAP measures is useful to investors because it enables investors and analysts to evaluate operating expenses of the Company's core business, excluding the impact of non-core business expenses, such as acquisition-related amortization and non-recurring items, as described below: