XILINX ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER FISCAL '98 RESULTS 
 
SAN JOSE, CA, OCTOBER 16, 1997 -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced the results for the second fiscal quarter ended September 27, 1997. Revenues for the quarter totaled $150.3 million, up over 15% from $130.6 million in the second fiscal quarter of the prior fiscal year but down 7% from $160.8 million in the June ending quarter. Net income was $31.0 million, or $0.38/share, up 26% from $24.6 million, or $0.31/share, in the second quarter of the prior fiscal year, excluding the impact of a $5 million write-off of a discontinued product family. Net income was down 7% from $33.4 million, or $0.41/share, in the prior fiscal quarter. 

During the September quarter, Xilinx experienced seasonal weakness in Europe, where revenues were down 17% from the prior quarter and represented 21% of total revenues. North American sales accounted for 63% of total revenues, down 6% sequentially. Japan was the quarter’s strongest region representing 11% of total revenues, up over 20% sequentially. Asia and the rest of the world accounted for 5% of total revenues, down 7% sequentially. 

Second quarter North American sales to major end markets were as follows: communications, 41%; dataprocessing, 29%; industrial, 15%; networking 10%; and military and other, 5%. 

"Despite the quarter’s seasonal slowness, and a greater-than-anticipated decrease in our mature product family revenues, I am pleased with the growth of our new products. This quarter, combined revenues from the Company’s newest products, the XC4000X and the XC9500 ISP CPLD families, doubled sequentially and design wins for these products continue to be extremely strong. Additionally, we sold over 2,200 software seats this quarter, up from 1,700 last quarter. This is a new record for Xilinx and a strong testament to our efforts in the area of software development. The strength of our design wins and new software unit sales is very encouraging since historically these have been leading indicators of future revenues"*, remarked Wim Roelandts, Xilinx Chief Executive Officer. 

Copies of financial literature, including this release, are available via fax or voice recording by dialing Xilinx’s shareholder service line at 1-800-836-4002. Investor information is also available on the Investor Relations Web site at http://www.xilinx.com/finance/irpage.com. 

Founded in 1984, Xilinx is the world’s largest supplier of programmable logic solutions comprising industry leading device architectures and world-class design software. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., the company pioneered the market for field programmable gate array (FPGA) semiconductor devices that provide high integration and quick time-to-market for electronic equipment manufacturers in the computer, peripherals, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, consumer, instrumentation, and high-reliability/military markets. 
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*This is a forward-looking statement. Actual results may differ from historic trends. Factors that were once considered indicators of past performance may not continue to be indicators of future performance due to risks and uncertainties associated with the acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and other risks that are described in the Company’s SEC filings, including the form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 28, 1997.  
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