SAN JOSE, Calif., November 14, 2000 —Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that it will be collaborating with Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) on product development involving the emerging RapidIO^TM interconnect architecture.

Motorola plans to use XilinxÒ FPGAs that incorporate RapidIO intellectual property, or cores, to validate future Motorola products that incorporate RapidIO technology. At the same time, Xilinx will use bus functional models developed by Motorola to validate the Xilinx RapidIO cores targeted for its VirtexÒ-II FPGAs. The bus functional models are software modules used to test the functionality of a RapidIO solution. The RapidIO architecture was initially developed by Motorola and Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. and announced in February. 

“We are extremely happy to be working with Xilinx to create a strong force behind the RapidIO standard,” said Sam Fuller, director of system architecture for Motorola.  “Support for RapidIO in Xilinx FPGAs is expected to play a key role in our future product development plans and in our customers systems.”

The RapidIO interconnect architecture is offered as an open standard through membership in the RapidIO Trade Association (www.rapidio.org). RapidIO technology is a next-generation, packet-based, switched-fabric interconnect architecture for embedded systems that is optimized for both high bandwidth and low latency.  Initial implementations are expected to exceed 1.0 Gbyte per second throughput based on clock rates from 250 MHz and higher.

“Working with Motorola, we hope to accelerate market acceptance of RapidIO technology,” said Babak Hedayati, marketing director for the Xilinx IP Solutions Division. “Broadband interconnect technology is becoming increasingly important to manufacturers of Internet infrastructure equipment. We’re confident that our collaboration with Motorola will speed up our ability to deliver fully compliant RapidIO solutions to our customers who are building that new class of broadband equipment.” 

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the leading supplier of complete programmable logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time required to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation, aerospace, defense, and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site at www.xilinx.com.