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SAN JOSE, Calif., November 2, 2000—Xilinx Inc., (NASDAQ: XLNX) announced today the acquisition of Visual Software Solutions, Inc. (VSS) a software company headquartered in Plantation, Florida.  Xilinx has also hired company principals responsible for the development of the technology. Their expertise will help Xilinx further extend its software leadership and allow it to deliver a variety of customized tools that facilitate HDL-based design using Xilinx^® Virtex-II FPGAs, thus improving time-to-market. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The purchase is not expected to have a material effect on Xilinx financial results.

Included in the acquisition are the VSS HDL Bencher™ and StateCAD™ design tools. HDL Bencher streamlines the HDL verification process of multimillion gate FPGAs enabling the development of complete, timing constrained VHDL and Verilog test benches to be developed, validated, and simulated in minutes. No knowledge of HDL scripting is required. StateCAD automates state machine development in VHDL, Verilog, and Abel™ and brings a robust state machine design into the Xilinx Foundation™ ISE™ software. To meet difficult design requirements, StateCAD optimizes the code it generates for speed, area, loading and more. 

“The integration of HDL Bencher and StateCAD into the Xilinx software family extends our offering of multimillion gate design solutions, ” said Rich Sevcik, vice president and general manager of the IP, Services, and Software group at Xilinx. “By taking this technology in-house we will be able to focus the energy of this talented design team in delivering even faster time to market for our customers.” 

“The acquisition of VSS, and its StateCAD and HDL Bencher products, is the natural conclusion of a process that started when Xilinx began shipping these products as part of the EDA ALLSTAR program” said Rodrigo Escoto, president of VSS.   “This acquisition further demonstrates a commitment by Xilinx to provide the highest quality, world class design entry, verification and implementation tools to its customers allowing significant improvement in designer productivity and further accelerating the time to market advantage of using Xilinx.” 

Availability
Both the HDL Bencher and StateCAD products will remain available for sale through existing VSS sales channels through December 31, 2000.  These products will also be made available for purchase online at www.xilinx.com during this time.

About Xilinx
Xilinx is the leading supplier 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 fulfills more than half of the world demand 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, aerospace, defense, and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site at www.xilinx.com.

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in the press release, such as statements relating to the completion of the purchase transaction, or future sales, technology or market leadership, are forward looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the ability of the parties to successfully negotiate and consummate the definitive agreements in connection with the proposed acquisition, the ability of Xilinx to hire the personnel required to operate the acquired business, general economic and market conditions, foundry capacity, and the timing and the likelihood of regulatory approvals related to the proposed acquisition, and other risks detailed from time to time in Xilinx SEC reports.