SAN JOSE, Calif., May 19, 1998—Supporting a procurement trend toward products made according to the best commercial practices, Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), today announced its new QPRO line of programmable logic solutions designed to meet evolving requirements of the aerospace and defense markets. 

The QPRO solutions include the Xilinx XQ4000X field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which are available as military temperature range plastic encapsulated devices that deliver densities up to 130,000 system gates. The QPRO line also is supported by Xilinx Foundation and Alliance series design entry and place and route software, and a variety of verified software cores that can be used to create system level functions such as standard bus interfaces in Xilinx XQ4000X devices. 

"Our new QPRO offerings continue a commitment by Xilinx to serve the changing needs of these specialized markets, and they cap our recent efforts of winning full QML status," said Rick Padovani, director of the Xilinx aerospace and defense business. "Xilinx is leading the logic industry in delivering off-the-shelf, commercial products that are cost effective and meet the exacting standards of performance and reliability in rugged environments that our aerospace and defense customers demand. Moreover, Xilinx provides reliability of supply and a superior alternative to traditional ASICs for customers designing new systems or upgrading older equipment." 

Xilinx is one of fewer than 20 suppliers in the world to receive Qualified Manufacturer Listing, or QML. As a QML supplier, Xilinx is able to bring state-of-the-art, military grade products to market faster because the company’s world class processes and materials have been qualified in advance, eliminating the need to qualify individual products or production lots. Because of this, Xilinx is able to offer parallel availability of the latest, highest performance products to its commercial and military-aerospace customers. 

QPRO integrated circuits are specified to guarantee performance for applications in extended temperature and rugged environments. For example, N-grade plastic and M-grade ceramic packages are rated for operating environments ranging from minus 55 degrees to 125 degrees centigrade. Packaging options include thermally enhanced plastic quad flat packs and ball grid arrays as well as hermetic pin grid arrays and top brazed ceramic quad flat packs. 

Xilinx has been serving the military and aerospace market for more than a decade and provides customers with continuity of supply, specialized products and guaranteed mask and process controls that are unmatched by any other programmable logic manufacturer. The QPRO brand name reflects the Xilinx commitment to QML, Performance, Reliability of supply and Off-the-shelf products. 

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 reduce significantly 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.