The company's tools include AutoPilot ASIC, which generates RTL for ASICs that produces quality results for the architecture that is being targeted, and AutoPilot FPGA, an architecture-aware synthesis tool for FPGAs that uses functions, memories, and cores available in the FPGA devices. The platform is used for digital signal processing, security, scientific computing, FPGA-based emulation, network processing, and high-performance computing applications. AutoESL also offers training and support services. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Cupertino, California. It became a subsidiary of Xilinx Inc. in 2011.