SAN JOSE, Calif., February 15, 2001 – Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), announced its membership in HAVi Inc, the non-profit association advancing the Home Audio Video interoperability specification for digital consumer electronics home-entertainment networking. HAVi is a multi-brand standard intended primarily for the networking of digital AV home entertainment products.  Devices connected in a HAVi network can interoperate, meaning that they can share each other's resources and functionality across the network.

‘The members of HAVI are excited to see the level of commitment to home networking that Xilinx has demonstrated with the Home Networking Forum and eSP,” said HAVi Chairman Eddy Odijk of Philips Consumer.  “Xilinx’ programmable solutions bring an entirely new level of flexibility to home entertainment networking.”

“HAVi is an important standard that addresses the challenges of interoperability of networked Audio Video equipment using 1394 (firewire) technology” said Robert Bielby, director of strategic applications for Xilinx, Inc. “Our membership in this association, in addition to the eSP web portal which provides customers with access to information on new standards like HAVi, underscores our commitment to accelerating product development for the new digital convergence markets.”

About Xilinx eSP
Xilinx eSP is the industry's first web portal dedicated to accelerating the design and development of consumer products based upon emerging standards and protocols. The eSP website (http://www.xilinx.com/esp/) is a comprehensive resource, delivering a powerful array of solutions and information in a single location. Solutions found on the site range from reference designs to intellectual property and result from collaboration with a wide range of industry leaders.  The site is also a rich source of information including technology tutorials, market overviews, system block diagrams, white papers, standards updates, industry links, extensive glossaries and a directory of consultants.  Additionally, there is an on-line forum that provides designers with direct access to industry experts. Initially, the site will focus on home networking and will continue to expand in the first quarter of 2001 with a second segment dedicated to Bluetooth applications.

About HAVi, Inc.
 HAVi began as a joint effort on the part of eight of the world’s leading consumer electronics manufacturers: Grundig AG, Hitachi Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic), Royal Philips Electronics, Sharp Corporation, Sony Corporation, THOMSON multimedia and Toshiba Corporation, which worked together for over two years to develop a common specification for interoperability among networked digital home entertainment products. HAVi Incorporated, a non-profit association, is open to companies and non-profit institutions interested in extending the awareness, knowledge and understanding of the HAVi Specification. Further information about HAVi can be obtained from the organization’s web site http://www.havi.org. The HAVi specification (Version 1.0) can also be downloaded from this site.

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 http://www.xilinx.com.