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Ann Duft
Xilinx, Inc.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 8, 1997--Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced it will discontinue the XC2000 family of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Shipped since 1985, the XC2000 family was the industry's first product of its kind. In addition, the company announced it has for the first time named an end-of-life supplier for all discontinued products--Rochester Electronics.

"The XC2000 family was considered the lowest entry point into the FPGA market," said Sandeep Vij, vice president of marketing at Xilinx. "Our current XC5200 family provides a superior low-density solution for those designers taking advantage of the faster time-to-market and flexibility of FPGA devices. Xilinx aids current XC2000 users in the transition to the more cost-effective XC5200 family through the industry's most customer-friendly product discontinuation program. Customers have two years--a year longer than other suppliers' programs--from notification of obsolescence to the last shipment date to purchase the XC2000 devices."

After December 1998, all XC2000 devices will no longer be available for commercial, industrial, military, and high-reliability markets from Xilinx. (This is the first and only military product that Xilinx has disconintued.) Last-time orders to buy the XC2000 devices will be accepted until December 31, 1998. Last-time shipments will be made until June 30, 1999.

Under its new product discontinuation policy, Xilinx will provide customers with 12 months notice to place their last-time orders for programmable logic devices that will have a "form, fit, and function" replacement, and provide at least an additional 90 days notice for last shipments. For products that do not have replacements, such as the XC2000 family, Xilinx will provide at least 24 months notice for last orders and at least 90 days for last shipments.

About Rochester Electronics

Rochester Electronics Inc. is located in Newburyport, MA. Established in 1981, Rochester specializes in aiding customers after the discontinuation of products. Rochester leads the industry in after-market support for semiconductor manufacturers such as Texas Instruments, National Semiconductor, Harris Semiconductor, AMD, Intel, Analog Devices, etc., and now Xilinx to provide customer service on all products discontinued by the original supplier. Rochester can be contacted by phone at (978) 462-9332 and fax at (978) 462-9512, by email at: sales@rocelec.com, and by the web at www.rocelec.com. Address written correspondence to 10 Malcolm Hoyt Drive, Newburyport, MA, 01950 USA.

About Xilinx

Founded in 1984, Xilinx is the world's largest supplier of programmable logic solutions comprising industry leading device architectures and world class design software. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., the company pioneered the market for field programmable gate array (FPGA) semiconductor devices that provide high integration and quick time-to-market for electronic equipment manufacturers in the computer, peripherals, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation and high reliability/military markets. For more information on Xilinx, Inc., access the World Wide Web site at http://www.xilinx.com.

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