SAN JOSE, Calif., May 31, 2000 – In a move that further expands its leadership in high-end DSP solutions, Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX), today announced the FIR Filter Generator, a new tool for creating fully optimized and parameterized algorithms for FPGA-based complex filter designs.

Customers can now use the tool to design a variety of finite impulse response (FIR) filters in Xilinx Virtex™, Virtex-E and Spartan™-II FPGAs. Operational performance in the Virtex family exceeds160 billion multiply accumulates (MACs) per second. The FIR Filter Generator tool can generate single-rate, half-band, Hilbert transform and interpolated filters.

The Xilinx® FIR Filter Generator uses design techniques such as distributed arithmetic to optimize filter structures for high-end DSP applications such as wireless and xDSL modems, medical imaging, and radar signal processing.

“By taking advantage of the parallelism inherent in DSP mathematical models, Xilinx has produced the most robust programmable DSP platform ever created,” said Rich Sevcik, senior vice president for intellectual property, services and software at Xilinx.  “The new FIR Filter Generator, combined with the vast logic resources available in our Virtex FPGAs, enable customers to create DSP systems with the utmost in computational power and fastest time to market.”  

The FIR Filter Generator allows users of Xilinx FPGAs to choose from millions of parameter combinations to meet their unique DSP design requirements, from fast, fully parallel systems to cost effective designs optimized for lower sampling rates.  Parameters available to designers using the FIR Filter Generator include:

• 2 to 1024 taps
• 1 to 32 bit input data and coefficient precision
• Signed or unsigned input data
• Fully serial, parallel or a combination of serial/parallel filter implementations with the ability for multi-clocking of output data
• Time multiplexing of data for multiple channel structures

Pricing and Availability
The Xilinx FIR Filter Generator is available now at no additional charge for Xilinx customers on the Xilinx IP Center at www.xilinx.com/ipcenter. Information on algorithms for other functions is also available on the IP Center.

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 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, high-reliability/military, and consumer markets. For more
information, visit the Xilinx website at www.xilinx.com.