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Corporate Press Releases

2000

• Xilinx Appoints Analog Devices CEO to Board of Directors - February 18, 2000
• Xilinx , Los Alamos National Labatory Team Up on Space-Based Reconfigurable Data Processing
• Xilinx Announces Kanji SmartSearch on Japanese Website- January 14, 2000

1999

• Xilinx and Prentice Hall Announce Newest Textbook in Prentice Hall Xilinx Design Series - November 15, 1999
• Xilinx Receives Cisco's Highest Honor for a Supplier - October 8, 1999
• Xilinx Donates $50,000 to Aid Taiwan Earthquake Victims - September 24, 1999
• Xilinx Expects No Impact to Current Quarter's Business following Earthquake in Taiwan - September 21, 1999
• Xilinx Completes Acquisition of CoolRunner CPLD Business from Philips Semiconductor - August 2, 1999
• Xilinx Appoints New General Counsel - August 2, 1999
• Xilinx Expands University Program by Including Virtex Donations - July 19, 1999
• Xilinx Urges Greater Corporate Involvement in Santa Clara County Walk for AIDS '99 - July 15, 1999
• Xilinx and Insight Open Fourth Programmable Logic Training Center in Asia - June 23, 1999
• Xilinx to Acquire CPLD Business from Philips Semiconductors - June 18, 1999
• Xilinx and Prentice Hall Announce First Textbook in Xilinx Design Series - June 16, 1999
• Xilinx Equity Position in Joint foundry in Taiwan to be Converted to UMC Shares - June 15, 1999
• Xilinx Expands Presence in Europe - February 22, 1999
• Xilinx Celebrates 15th Year of Continuous Innovation in Programmable Logic - February 2, 1999

1998

 
• Xilinx Donates $400,000 in Products to University in China - December 16, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Third Party Consulting Program - November 16, 1998
• Xilinx Promotes Haynes to Vice President Worldwide Sales - November 9, 1998
• Xilinx Adds New Member to Board of Directors - October 12, 1998
• Xilinx Authorizes 3 Million Share Repurchase Program - September 16, 1998
• Xilinx Appoints New Chief Financial Officer - July 27, 1998
• Xilinx and Insight Open Dedicated Programmable Logic Training Centers in Asia - May 11, 1998
• Xilinx Authorized Share Repurchase Program - April 23, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Chief Financial Officer Intends to Retire - April 23, 1998
• Xilinx Launches New Web Site for Japanese Market - March 30, 1998
• Xilinx Dedicated Local Language Technical Support Hotline for Programmable Logic is a First for Europe - March 30, 1998
• Xilinx Breaks Ground for New Corporate Headquarters in San Jose - February 13, 1998

1997

• Xilinx Achieves Additional Quality Milestones - December 11, 1997
• Xilinx Authorizes Share Repurchase Program - December 4, 1997
• Xilinx Announces New Offices for Xilinx GMBH - September 1, 1997
• Xilinx Plans Worldwide Series of Technical Seminars - May 12, 1997
• Xilinx and Prentice Hall Announce First Complete Digital Design Lab Course for Students - May 5, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Official Opening of New Software Development Center in Colorado - May 2, 1997
• Xilinx Appoints New Senior Vice President of Software - April 9, 1997

1996

• Xilinx Appoints New General Manager of CPLD Business Unit - December 10, 1996
• Xilinx Forms Strategic Business Segment To Expand DSP Offerings. - December 2, 1996
• Xilinx ships five millionth device - September 24, 1996
• Xilinx Expands Membership of Board - September 12, 1996
• Xilinx Authorizes Share Repurchase Program - September 12, 1996
• Xilinx Unveils Performance Based 401(K) Enhancements - July 29, 1996
• Xilinx To Provide Funding For Advanced Seiko Epson Semiconductor Facility - May 22, 1996
• Xilinx Announces Resignation of President Curt Wozniak - April 9, 1996
• Xilinx Announces Opening of New Manufacturing Facility in Ireland - February 7, 1996
• Xilinx Appoints HP Executive as New CEO - January 11, 1996

Product Press Releases

2000

• Xilinx Announces Industry's First Memory Solution for Quad Data Rate SRAMs - February 22, 2000
• Sales of Xilinx Virtex FPGAs Surpass $100 Million - February 14, 2000
• Xilinx and AllianceCORE Partners Announce Spartan-II FPGA HDLC Controller Solution for $4 - February 14, 2000
• New Xilinx SelectLink Technology Supports 80 Gigabits per Second Interface Between FPGAs - February 8, 2000
• Xilinx Releases New Reed-Solomon Solutions for Below $10 - February 7, 2000
• Xilinx Extends its Lead in PCI Market with Complete 64- and 32-Bit Solutions Below ASSP Prices - January 31, 2000
• New Xilinx CoolRunner CPLDs Reach New Levels of Low Power and HIgh Performance in CPLDs - January 24, 2000
• Xilinx Announces Wide range of Design Solutions for MP3 Applications - January 24, 2000
• Xilinx and Applied Telecom Announce $15 IMA Solution for Spartan-II FPGAs
• Xilinx Unveils Spartan-II: Next Generation of Low Cost FPGAs As Programmable Replacements for ASICs and ASSPs - January 10, 2000
• More than 50 IP Cores Available Immediately for New Xilinx Spartan-II FPGAs - January 10, 2000

1999

• Xilinx Offers Suite of Low Cost Prototyping Boards for Developing Virtex FPGAs - December 16, 1999
• Xilinx Releases 16 New Parameterizable Cores on IP Center for Virtex Series - November 30, 1999
• DARPA Chooses Xilinx to Develop Tools for Internet Reconfigurable Logic - November 16, 1999
• Xilinx and Applied Telecom Announce Inverse Multiplexer ATM Solution for Virtex-E FPGAs - November 15, 1999
• Xilinx Launches Silicon Xpresso Design Reuse Initiative for Programmable Logic - November 1, 1999
• Xilinx and AllianceCORE Partners Showcase New Virtex-E System-Level Solutions at DSP World - November 1, 1999
• Xilinx FPGAs Provide Spring Tide Networks with Alternative to ASICs - October 25, 1999
• Xilinx Delivers Two Million Gate Virtex Solution for Gigabit per Second Applications - September 27, 1999
• Virtex-E Technical Backgrounder
•  Virtex-E Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
• Virtex FPGA Edges Out ASIC in New Family of Tektronix Logic Analyzers - September 23, 1999
• Xilinx Announces Industry's First Parallel-Load ISP Configuration PROM - September 20, 1999
• Xilinx Extends its Internet Leadership with New E-Commerce Presence - September 14, 1999
• Xilinx Virtex FPGAs Now Available for Aerospace and Defense Market - September 13, 1999
• Model Technology and Xilinx Partner to Deliver Free HDL Simulation to All Xilinx Customers - September 13, 1999
• Xilinx and IKOS Announce IKOS' Use of Xilinx Virtex FPGA for Fourth Generation Emulator - September 13, 1999
• New Cores for Xilinx Virtex FPGAs from CSELT Target Networking and Communications Applications - August 30, 1999
• Xilinx, Integrated Silicon Systems Announces Joint Development and OEM Agreement for Reed-Solomon Cores - August 30, 1999
• Xilinx Expands QPRO Line of Aerospace-Defense Products with Largest QML Certified FPGA and One Mb Configuration PROM - August 26, 1999
• Xilinx and Memec Design Services Announce PCI Design Services Partnerhip - August 23, 1999
• Exemplar Logic and Xilinx Slash FPGA Design Time 30 Percent with First Block Level, Incremental Programmable Logic Devices - August 23, 1999
• Xilinx Offers Free Memory Controller Reference Design for 143 MHz Operation Between Virtex FPGAs and ZBT SRAMs - August 9, 1999
• Xilinx Online Field Upgradeable Capability Powers New Remote Server Management System from APEX - August 2, 1999
• Xilinx Virtex Series Surpasses $25 Million in Revenue - August, 2, 1999
• Xilinx and AllianceCore Partners Announce Fastest Programmable Logic SDRAM Interface Cores and Reference Designs - July 7, 1999
• Xilinx Expands Silicon Xpresso Initiative with New Web-based E-learning Customer Training System - July 6, 1999
• Xilinx Expands Silicon Xpresso Initiative with Free, Downloadable CPLD Synthesis - June 28, 1999
• Xilinx Methodology for Online Field Upgradable Systems Wins Third Electronics Industry Award - June 14, 1999
• Xilinx Unveils Xilinx Online - May 25, 1999
• Xilinx Releases Tools for Creating Xilinx Online Applications - May 25, 1999
• Xilinx Wins Engineering Consortium Award for Development of Internet Reconfigurable Logic - May 25, 1999
• Xilinx Announces Most Advanced Chip Scale Packaging- May 18, 1999
• Xilinx Announces Support for Two-million-gate FPGAs - May 17, 1999
• Xilinx Foundation Series Software Enables Drop-in 64 bit/66 MHz PCI Design - May 17, 1999
• Xilinx and Partners to demonstrate internet-based design at DAC - May 17, 1999
• Xilinx and Mentor Graphics Announce STAMP Support for System-level Verification - May 17, 1999
• Xilinx announces Java support for Virtex FPGAs - May 5, 1999
• Xilinx Prices Spartan FPGAs and XC9500 CPLDs for Aggressive Penetration into New High-Volume Applications - April 19, 1999
• Xilinx DSP Expands into System-level Solutions through Virtex and New Third-Party Cores - April 19, 1999
• Xilinx Announces First Implementation of Java API for Boundary-Scan - April 15, 1999
• Xilinx Launches "IP Center" - A Comprehensive Internet Resource for FPGA Intellectual Property Solutions and Services - April 12, 1999
• Dolphin Provides Industry's Fastest 8051 CORE for Xilinx Virtex FPGAs - March 23, 1999
• Xilinx Ships the Real 64/66 PCI, Industry's First General-Purpose 64-Bit, 66 MHz PCI Solution - March 22, 1999
• Xiilnx Ships One Millionth Spartan FPGA - March 15, 1999
• Xilinx Announces Shipment for 10,000th Foundation Express Design System - March 9, 1999
• Third-Party Developers Deliver First Cores for Xilinx Virtex FPGAs - February 22, 1999
• Xilinx Million Gate Virtex FPGA Provides Gigabyte Capabilities for Performance Technologies' 32-Port Fault Tolerant Ethernet Switch - February 9, 1999
• Xilinx Announces Single-Chip PCI Solution for Less Than $7 - February 8, 1999
• Xilinx Internet Reconfigurable Logic Chosen as Top Technical Achievement for 1998 - January 28, 1999
• Xilinx Introduces XC9500XV Family, Industry's First 2.5-Volt Flash ISP CPLDs - January 19, 1999
• Xilinx Activates Internet-Based Design Software - January 18, 1999
• Xilinx Completes Purchase of Software Assets - January 5, 1999

1998

• Xilinx Intends to Acquire Software for Internet Team-Based Programmable Logic Design - December 14, 1998
• Xilinx Takes Lead in CPLD Market - December 14, 1998
• Xilinx, UMC Group Set New 1GHz Performance Milestone with 0.18 Micron, 1.8-Volt Prototype FPGA - November 30, 1998
• First Million-Gate Virtex FPGA Delivered by UMC Group - Xilinx Team - November 30, 1998
• Xilinx Internet Reconfigurable Logic Technology Boosted by New AllianceCORE Products - November 23, 1998
• Xilinx Unveils Internet Reconfigurable Logic - November 10, 1998
• Java Applets Empower Internet Reconfigurable Logic - November 10, 1998
• Siemens Announces Design Services for Xilinx Internet Reconfigurable Logic - November 10, 1998
• Xilinx CORE Generator Momentum Increases with MEMEC Design Services IP - November 9, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Computer-based Training for Verilog - November 2, 1998
• Xilinx Breaks One Million-Gate Barrier with Delivery of New Virtex Series - October 26, 1998
• Xilinx and Cast Expand AllianceCORE Offerings with Seven New Cores - October 12, 1998
• Xilinx Software is Web-Enabled - October 12, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Industry's First Line of High Density Radiation-Hardened SRAM-based FPGAs - September 30, 1998
• Xilinx Set to Penetrate New Markets with Biggest Product Launch in History of PLD Industry - September 28, 1998
• Xilinx Unveils Framework for Interactive Web-based PLD Design - September 9, 1998
• Xilinx Offers New Cores Through the Internet- August 18, 1998
• Radiation Tests Show Xilinx FPGAs can be used Without Limitation in High Altitude Avionics Applications - August 5,1998
• New Xilinx Alliance Software Delivers Support for the Industry's First Million Gate FPGA Designs - August 3, 1998
• New Foundation Series Software Delivers Handcrafted Design Performance Automatically - August 3, 1998
• Xilinx and CoreEl MicroSystems Provide FPGA Ethernet Solution - July 23, 1998
• Xilinx and Integrated Intellectual Property Announce Complete FireWire Solution for FPGAs - June 29, 1998
• Xilinx Sees Bright Future for Reconfigurable Computing - June 15, 1998
• New Xilinx FPGA Design Solution Breaks Speed Record - June 8, 1998
• Xilinx and Aldec Partner to Deliver Complete VHDL Design Environment for Programmable Logic Design - May 25, 1998
• Xilinx and Model Technology Partner to Advance HDL Design for Programmable Logic Devices - May 25, 1998
• Xilinx Unveils New "QPRO" Products for Aerospace, Defense and High Reliability Markets - May 19, 1998
• Xilinx Announces "Xilinx PCI": A Complete Solution for Cost-Effective PCI and CompactPCI Applications - May 18, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Newest Member of Industry's Fastest Growing CPLD Family - May 6, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Smallest Packaging Technology for CPLDs in Small Form-factor Applications - May 4, 1998
• Xilinx Announces "Xilinx DSP" - A Comprehensive Solution for High Performance Digital Signal Processing Designs - April 13, 1998
• Xilinx and AllianceCORE Partners Make a Splash at IP'98 with New AllianceCORE Offerings - March 23, 1998
• Xilinx Announces New Core Generator Tool with Xilinx Smart-IP Technology - March 16, 1998
• Xilinx Extends Japanese Market Leadership with Latest Versions of Alliance and Foundation Series Software - March 16, 1998
• Xilinx and AllianceCORE Partners Announce New RISC, Communications, and Peripheral Cores - March 9, 1998
• New Xilinx Software Delivers Significantly Shorter Design Cycles and Increased Performance - February 23, 1998
• Xilinx Expands Industry-leading HDL Design Solution in New Release - February 23, 1998
• Xilinx and CoreEl Microsystems Announce ATM Cores - January 26, 1998
• New Xilinx Spartan Series Offers Programmable Logic Advantages to High Volume ASIC Users - January 12, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Broad Line of Cores Optimized for New Spartan Series - January 12, 1998

1997

• New Xilinx LogiCORE PCI Interface and Faster XC4000XL Family Offer Increased Performance - December 15, 1997
• Xilinx and T7L Technology Jointly Announce Complete FPGA-Based RISC Processor Solutions - December 15, 1997
• Xilinx Foundation Series Software Delivers Synopsys' FPGAExpress 2.0 Technology - December 15, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Shipment of 10,000th Foundation Series System - December 8, 1997
• Xilinx Releases High Reliability Versions of Largest, Fastest FPGA Family  - December 3, 1997
• Xilinx Introduces Fully Programmable Alternative to System-Level ASIC Design - November 24, 1997
• Xilinx Uses Synopsys FPGA Compiler to Aid Development of New Xilinx Virtex Series - November 24, 1997
• Xilinx, UMC First to Deliver Programmable Logic Using 0.25 Micron Technology - October 27, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Industry's First Half-Million Gate FPGA Family - October 27, 1997
• Xilinx Partners Announce New AllianceCORE Solutions at IP 97 Europe Show - October 21, 1997
• Xilinx Announces the Industry's First FPGA-specific ASIC Family - October 20, 1997
• Xilinx New Foundation Series Software Enables VHDL Design in Under Ten Minutes - September 22, 1997
• Xilinx Ships Industry's First Complete Programmable Logic Reed-Solomon Solutions for AllianceCORE Program - September 8, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Up To 41 Percent Price Reductions on ISP CPLDs - September 2, 1997
• Xilinx Now Shipping New Alliance Series Software Supporting Industry's Highest Performance and Highest Density 3.3V FPGAs - August 25, 1997
• Xilinx Shipping Largest Member of ISP CPLD Family - August 18, 1997
• Xilinx Announces New Round of Price Cuts for CPLDs- June 30, 1997
• Xilinx Expands AllianceCORE Offerings with Additional Pre-Implemented Peripheral Functions - June 23, 1997
• Xilinx Low-Cost FPGA Roadmap Points to Die-Size Parity with Gate Arrays by End of Year - June 20, 1997
• Xilinx and Synopsys Announce Exclusive OEM Partnership - June 9, 1997
• Xilinx Delivers Next Generation Software Platform - June 2, 1997
• Xilinx and EDA Alliance Partners See Phenomenal Growth in Synthesis Design Tools - May 27, 1997
• Xilinx Delivers on High-Density Roadmap and Increases Density Leadership - May 19, 1997
• Xilinx Delivers Industry's Fastest 5V FPGA - April 21, 1997
• Xilinx Introduces First Web-based Tool for Fast FPGA Core Design - April 14, 1997
• Xilinx Ships 35,000th Software Design System - April 3, 1997
• Xilinx Teams with Partners to Introduce First Reconfigurable Processing Development System - March 17, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Low Cost PCI HardWire Solution - March 10, 1997
• Best Selling Automatic Board Test System Now Supports Industry's Most-Complete ISP CPLD - February 28, 1997
• Xilinx Lowers the Cost of XC3000 Performance - February 28, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Third-Party AllianceCORE^TM Program - February 17, 1997
• Xilinx Roadmap for High Density FPGAs Calls for 0.25 micron Devices During 1997- February 3, 1997
• Xilinx Begins Shipping Industry's Largest FPGA Device- February 3, 1997
• Xilinx Achieves QML Status on Hi-Rel/Military Products - January 27, 1997
• Xilinx Makes Major Move into the CPLD Market with Volume Shipments of Lowest Priced Flash Devices - January 20, 1997
• Xilinx to discontinue XC2000 FPGA family - January 8, 1997
• Xilinx Becomes Price Leader in CPLDs - January 6, 1997

1996

• Xilinx to Discontinue Older XC4000A/H FPGA Devices - October 21, 1996
• Xilinx Discontinues Antifuse Product Development - July 31, 1996
• Xilinx Extends Logicore Program With PCI Initiator Module - July 29, 1996
• Xilinx Launches Unique Web Service That Provides Wide Access to Industry Information - July 8, 1996
• Xilinx/Synopsys Collaboration Results in Tightly Integrated PC Synthesis Solution - June 3, 1996
• Xilinx Announces Aggressive Price Reduction For Industry's Most Cost-Effective FPGA - May 27, 1996
• Xilinx Delivers First Complete, Standards-Based, Shrink-Wrapped Software for Programmable Logic - April 1, 1996
• Xilinx Announces First FPGAs Up To 125K Gates - January 22, 1996
• Xilinx Delivers First Fully Verified PCI Modules To Kick Off New Logicore ^TM Program - January 8, 1996

Financial Press Releases