Overview The PDA is primarily a productivity and communications tool that is lightweight, compact, durable, reliable, easy to use, and integrates into existing operations. PDAs fall into four categories: handheld PCs, palm-size PCs, smart phones, and handheld instruments. The PDA market trends include wireless connectivity using the emerging Bluetooth technology, auto-synchronization, multimedia extensions such as color, voice recording, and high-capacity storage using flash memory and hard disk drives. Market Research I.C. Insights predict that PDA shipments will grow from 4 million units in 1998 to more than 19 million units by 2003, an average annual growth rate of 37%. From a $456 million market in 1998, the PDA market is expected to reach about $1.9 billion by 2003. Xilinx Solutions The Xilinx Spartan-II programmable logic solutions offer the flexibility to build products that can be reprogrammed in the field at costs far below any programmable solution. Please view the presentation to see how Xilinx solutions can help you build products for this fast evolving market place.