SAN JOSE, February 28, 2001?Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) and Digital Harmony today announced DHIVATM-X (Digital Harmony Interface for Video and Audio), a complete low-cost reference design based on a Spartan-II FPGA. The reference design provides OEM manufacturers the ability to immediately integrate IEEE-1394 and HAVi (Home Audio Video interoperability) functionality to consumer products such as CD players, set-top boxes, audio video receivers, DVD Players, VCRs, surround sound decoders, residential gateways, and home and professional studio equipment. DHIVA-X is immediately available. For additional information visit the Xilinx eSP website at www.xilinx.com/esp.

DHIVA-X, a cost-reduced version of the popular DHIVA, provides support for S100, S200 and S400 data rates with IEEE-1394a enhancements and is capable of transmitting or receiving eight channels of digital audio, one digital video stream, or one MPEG-2 transport stream in full duplex. DHIVA-X uses IEC-61883 for isochronous transmission of audio and video over IEEE-1394, and supports the industry-standard AV/C command set for control of devices. Options are available for DTCP (Digital Transmission Content Protection) — allowing transmission of copy-protected material — and embedded HAVi support. 

 “Leveraging the low-priced Spartan-II FPGAs serves as the catalyst for the broad deployment of Digital Harmony's 1394 technologies for a wide-range of AV and consumer applications,” said Greg Bartlett, president of Digital Harmony.

“We are very excited to be working with the leader in IEEE-1394 solutions,” said Robert Bielby, director of strategic applications for Xilinx Inc.  “By taking advantage of the integrated features of the Spartan-II family we have created the lowest total-cost solution while maintaining flexibility and performance addressing a wide-range of applications.” 

Xilinx eSP (www.xilinx.com/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 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. 

About Digital Harmony
Digital Harmony's entertainment technologies are licensed to manufacturers of consumer and professional audio/video devices. These devices are used to create entertainment networks in recording studios, theaters, homes and automobiles. Digital Harmony-enhanced systems distribute and control multi-channel audio and video streams via secure wireless transmission, IEEE-1394 serial bus cables, and/or traditional loudspeaker cables. Digital Harmony licenses its technology to manufacturers as intellectual property, integrated circuit modules, and reference designs. The 50-employee, privately held company is based in Seattle, with an office in Tokyo. For more information, visit www.digitalharmony.com.

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/.