SAN JOSE, Calif., July 19, 1999—Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced plans to donate over $200,000 in Virtex devices to universities worldwide. The Virtex family, including the million-gate FPGA that revolutionized the programmable logic industry, provides the highest performance, the highest density and the most innovative system–level features available today. The grants, announced in conjunction with the availability of the Virtex video lab board, will provide students access to the latest programmable logic technology for students around the globe. 

"Xilinx is committed to making a significant impact on the quality of education. By providing Virtex devices and the Virtex video lab board to colleges and universities worldwide, students can gain valuable expertise to leading–edge technology, " said Patrick Kane, director of the University Program at Xilinx "Our program began in 1985 and reaches over 150,000 students per year". 

The Virtex video lab board, XSV-1 allows access to the audio code circuitry without the need to buy another board. It can connect to video, audio, and other interfaces with its I/O pins and make available the remainder of the I/O pins to the prototyping area. The main interface to the XSV-1 board is via a PC parallel port. 

"I have been using Xilinx devices in our university with great success in my Introductory Computer Architecture course," said Dr. Paul Chow of the University of Toronto. "Access to the latest FPGA technology will enable new systems-level research. We can provide our students with the best education available and better secure their place in the job market." 

"The Virtex FPGA donations have enabled the latest FPGA technology to be used in research and teaching in the Department of Computing, and have provided access to advanced design tools for undergraduate teaching" said Dr. Wayne Luk of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom. 

About the Virtex family 

The Virtex family redefines the future of programmable logic by providing next-generation FPGAs that break density and performance barriers while offering unprecedented system–level integration. The Virtex series ranges from 50,000 to 1,000,000 system gates at clock speeds up to 200 MHz. Virtex devices include many new features that address system level design challenges at industry leading prices. 

About Xilinx 

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 commands more than half of the world market for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to significantly reduce 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.