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SAN JOSE, Calif.—July 6, 2000—Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that it has acquired Integral Design, a privately held design services firm headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.  Terms of the acquisition made through the Xilinx Ireland subsidiary were not disclosed.  The purchase is not expected to have a material effect on Xilinx financial results. All Integral employees have accepted positions within the Xilinx Ireland professional design services organization.

The acquisition enhances Xilinx® professional design services capabilities in the communications and multimedia market segments. Recent advances in FPGA performance and capabilities, including ten million system gate designs, continue to drive customer needs for additional design resources and capabilities. Design services enable customers to utilize dedicated designers with experience in Xilinx solutions to augment their own internal expertise and improve their time-to-market. Xilinx will also continue to expand the Xilinx XPERT™ partner program to further address growing customer demands for design resources.  Currently there are over seventy partner companies in the worldwide XPERT program.

"The purchase of Integral Design is another example of our commitment to expand our global presence, enhance service at our site in Ireland, and help Xilinx customers reduce their product development time," said Wim Roelandts, Xilinx President and CEO. "This acquisition also provides Xilinx with a team of talented engineers who can help our customers address the challenges of building complex systems that involve embedded hardware and software."

Integral Design currently serves clients in the U.S., Germany, Netherlands and Japan.  Since its formation in 1995, Integral has grown steadily by providing innovative solutions in systems, embedded software, and integrated circuit development.  Customers are provided dedicated services in all tasks from system definition and specification, to implementation, verification, evaluation and integration.

"This acquisition assures that Integral customers will continue to receive the high level of quality they have come to expect from our team of design services professionals," said Joseph Knox, Chairman of Integral Design. "Integral's expertise, combined with Xilinx leadership in programmable logic, will provide even more powerful solutions to customers worldwide."

Xilinx is the leading innovator 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, high-reliability/military, and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site at www.xilinx.com.

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in the press release, such as statements relating to the completion of the purchase transaction, or future sales, technology or market leadership, are forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the ability of the parties to successfully negotiate and consummate the definitive agreements in connection with the proposed acquisition, the ability of Xilinx to hire the personnel required to operate the acquired business, general economic and market conditions, foundry capacity, and the timing and the likelihood of regulatory approvals related to the proposed acquisition, and other risks detailed from time to time in Xilinx SEC reports.