The autumn 2012 edition of Xcell Journal magazine details Xilinx’s monumental accomplishments at 28nm that have allowed it to jump a Generation Ahead of the competition by fielding All Programmable SoCs, 3D ICs and FPGAs as well as a new tool suite to program the devices. The issue also includes several informative how-to and design methodology articles from the Xilinx’s technical staff and the user community.