Maria Quillard

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XILINX REPORTS PRELIMINARY SECOND QUARTER RESULTS

SAN JOSE, CA, SEPTEMBER 30, 1996 -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that it expects revenue for the quarter ending September 28, 1996 to be down approximately 12-13% from the immediately preceding quarter. Operating income, before consideration of a $5 million pre-tax, non-recurring charge related to the discontinuation of the Company's antifuse technology, is expected to be between $33 and $35 million. Net income before the write-off is expected to be $22 to $24 million, or in the vicinity of $0.30 per share. Fiscal 1997 first quarter revenues were $150.2 million, with operating income of $49.5 million and net income of $32.5 million, or $0.41 per share.

The statements in this press release are forward looking. Actual results could differ materially. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ are the following: availability of components, the lack of visibility into our customers' programmable logic inventory levels, dependence on third party wafer suppliers, concentration of bookings and shipments at the end of the fiscal quarter, the timely availability and acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, and other risks listed on pages 8-11 of Xilinx's 10Q for the period ended June 29, 1996 and in other SEC filings.

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, instrumentation, and high-reliability/military markets.

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