Press Releases - 2003

Corporate Announcements

	Xilinx Chief Technology Officer to Keynote 90nm and Beyond Semico Conference December 17, 2003
	Xilinx Appoints Intel Executive to VP of Operations Post December 09, 2003
	Xilinx Named Most Respected Public Fabless Company for Second Consecutive Year at FSA Awards Dinner Celebration December 08, 2003
	Xilinx Chief Technology Officer to Deliver Keynote Address at 2003 Software Defined Radio Technical Conference and Product Exposition November 14, 2003
	Xilinx CEO Shares Insight on Business and Ethics with Millions of Travelers Throughout the Globe November 13, 2003
	Xilinx Delivering Industry's Broadset Lead-Free PLDT Portfolio October 27, 2003
	Xilinx Vice President of HR to Deliver "Best-Of-The-Best" Case Study at HR Masters Symposium 2003 October 22, 2003
	Xilinx Champions Silicon Valley Walk for AIDS October 15, 2003
	Xilinx Forms Major Collaborative Research Project with Queens University Belfast October 09, 2003
	"Siprit Of Xilinx" Comes Alive At Xilinx.com October 09, 2003
	Xilinx Accelerates Expansion into $23B ASIC Market with Breakthrough Pricing for 90nm Spartan-3 Family of FPGAs October 06, 2003
	AMCC, IBM, Infeneon Technologies, Texas Instruments and Xilinx Team to Align 10Gbps Standards October 06, 2003
	Xilinx to Present at American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Conference October 06, 2003
	Xilinx Joins Fellow Industry Leaders on Advanced Switching Interconnect Special Interest Group Board of Directors September 30, 2003
	Xilinx Chairman and CEO to Address Semiconductor Manufacturing Community at International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing September 25, 2003
	Xilinx Vice President to Discuss Process Technology Opportunities at IEEE Custom Integraterd Circuits Conference (CICC) September 18, 2003
	Today at a Press Conference in Taiwan, Xilinx & UMC Executives Re-Affirm Technology Leadership; Disclose Next-Generation Virtex Plans September 15, 2003
	Xilinx Event Alert for Intel Developers Forum Booth #135 September 12, 2003
	Xilinx Event Alert for Embedded Systems Conference Boston, Booth #409 September 10, 2003
	Insight and Xilinx Announce X-Fest 2003 September 10, 2003
	Xilinx and Co-Sponsors Agilent, Cadence and IBM Deliver the Insutry's Biggest Technical Training of the Year at Programmable World Workshops August 27, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Record Revenues in Consumer Applications July 21, 2003
	Xilinx Appears at Semicon West 2003 in Advanced Packaging Seminar Keynote July 14, 2003
	Industry Leaders and Visionaries tout Benefits of Programmability World Forums and Workshops July 07, 2003
	Xilinx Media Alert for Free Connectivity Solutions Webcast June 26, 2003
	Industry Visionaries Herald New Era of Programmable Systems at Programmable World 2003 Japan June 25, 2003
	Xilinx Delivers Platform FPGA Solutions at Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms Conference June 20, 2003
	Xilinx Wins Award for "The Year's Ten Best Web Support Sites" From Association of Support Professionals June 19, 2003
	Major Industry Visionaries Keynote Programmable World 2003 Japan June 17, 2003
	Xilinx Appoints Harold E. Hughes Jr. to Board of Directors June 12, 2003
	Xilinx Ships Two Million Device on 300 mm Wafers Providing Customers Unmatched FPGA Cost Advantages June 10, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Technology Collaboration with BMW Williams F1 Team for the 2003 Formula One Season May 30, 2003
	Xilinx Media Alert for Design Automation Conference 2003 May 29, 2003
	Xilinx Appoints New CPLD Division Vice President and General Manager May 28, 2003
	Media Alert for programmable World 2003 Simulcast May 02, 2003
	Xilinx Welcomes Intel as Major Sponsor of Programmable World 2003 May 01, 2003
	Agilent, Cadence, IBM, Intel, Mentor, TI, & Xilinx Headline High-Speed Serial Panel at Programmable World 2003 April 28, 2003
	Xilinx Media Alert for Embedded Stytems Conference Booth #1813 April 23, 2003
	Xilinx Chairman and Respected Electronics Industry Veteran "Bernie" Vonderschmitt to Retire April 23, 2003
	Xilinx Targets $23B Market with 90nm Spartan-3 Programmable Chips April 14, 2003
	Xilinx Ships World's First 90nm Programmable Chips March 31, 2003
	Xilinx First 130nm 300mm Production Qualification at UMC with Virtex-II Pro March 28, 2003
	UMC Honors Xilinx for Milestone Achievement 300mm Volume Manufacturing on Advanced Technologies March 27, 2003
	Xilinx Shipping All Advanced FPGA Product Lines on 300mm Technology March 24, 2003
	Xilinx Completes Major Expansion and Announces Establishment of New European Headquarters in Dublin March 04, 2003
	Xilinx Expands Portfolio of Services to Provide Complete Programmable Systems Design Solution February 03, 2003
	Xilinx Rank #4 in Fortune Magazine's Annual List of "100 Best Copmpanies to Work For" January 09, 2003

Event Related Announcements

Product Announcements

December

	Xilinx Provides Unpercedented System Integration with New DUC and Enhanced FEC DSP Cores December 24, 2003
	Xilinx Named 2003 Impact Supplier of the Year by Lucent Technologies December 23, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Successful Interoperability Between Xilinx and IBM High Speed Serdes Technology December 22, 2003
	Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs are 38% Faster than Competitive Offerings Using ISE 6.1I Design Tools December 17, 2003
	Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs are 38% Faster than Competitive Offerings Using ISE 6.11 Design Tools December 17, 2003
	Xilinx Enables Next Generation Metro Area Networks by Delivering Ethernet Over Sonet/SDH Solutions December 17, 2003
	Xilinx Delivers World's Forst FPGA-Based DSP Software Tool with JTAG Interface - Expands Customer Access to XtremeDSP Solution December 15, 2003
	Xilinx and Intelliga Announce Low Cost Automotive Lin Bus Solution using Spartan-3 FPGAs December 11, 2003
	Xilinx Spartan-3 Devices Enable High Performance DSP Functions at Breakthrough Low Cost Price Points December 10, 2003
	Napatech and Xilinx Announce World's First 10 Gbps Programmer Ethernet Adapter December 10, 2003
	Xilinx Unveils Revolutionary FPGA Architecture Enables Next-Generation Platform FPGAs December 08, 2003

November

	RTOS Industry Leaders Recognize Virtex-II Pro PowerpC and MicroBlaze as Leading FPGA Processing Solutions November 25, 2003
	Avent and Xilinx Deliver Low-Cost Serial I/O Design Kit for Industry Leading Virtex-II Pro FPGAs November 25, 2003
	QNX Enables Easier End Product Differretiation for High Reliability Applications Using Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs November 18, 2003
	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Xilinx Announces RocketLabs in 15 Worldwide Locations November 17, 2003
	Xilinx Delivers Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs - World's Most Capable High-Speed Serial Transceiver Solution November 17, 2003
	Insight Memec Ships Entry-Level Serial I/O Design Kit for Virtex-II Pro - Industry's Most Widely Used FPGA for High-Speed Serial Design November 12, 2003
	Xilinx Spartan Series is World's Most Popular Low Cost FPGA with a Record Six Million Devices Shipped in a Single Quarter November 11, 2003
	Xilinx Reports FPGA Industry Record Shipments of Multi-Gigabit Transceivers November 10, 2003
	Xilinx Aurora Serial I/O Open Protocol Tops 1000 Licenses - FPGA Industry's Most Widely Adopted 3.125 Gbps Solution November 06, 2003
	Xilinx Chips Selected as Reconfigurable Computing Engine in Octigabay 12k November 03, 2003

October

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Xilinx Delivers World's Lowest Cost FPGA based Embedded Processor for Less than 75 Cents October 29, 2003
	Xilinx Releases Free Virtex-II Pro UltraController Design to Maximize Device Utilization and Accelerate System Design October 27, 2003
	mercury Computer Systems and Xilinx Unveil New Software Radio Technology for Real-World Deployed Applications October 14, 2003
	Xilinx Expands Low Cost Leadership with Next Generation Free WebPack 6.1i Design Solution October 13, 2003
	At 1 Million Gates for Under $12* Xilinx 90nm Spartan-3 Devices are the World's Lowest Priced FPGAs October 06, 2003
	Xilinx Ships Four Spartan-3 Family Members Through Flawless 90nm Manufacturing Execution October 06, 2003

September

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Celoxica and Xilinx Deliver Next Generation System Design Tools for Virtex-II Pro Power PC and MicroBlaze Users September 29, 2003
	Xilinx Technology Drives Performance in BMW Williams Formula One Race Car at 2003 Grand Prix September 26, 2003
	Xilinx FPGAS Flying Abroad Optus Communications Satellite September 25, 2003
	Xilinx CoolRunner-II Chips Enable Life-Saving Rescue Systems September 16, 2003
	Xilinx and Amirix Systems Announce Hardware and IP Development Platform for IBM PowerPC in Virtex-II Pro Embedded Systems September 16, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Immediate Availability of Next Generation PCI Express* Solution September 16, 2003
	Corelis Announces JTAG Emulation Support for the Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGA PowerPC 405 Core September 15, 2003
	Accelerated Technology and Xilinx Add Support for Industry Leading MicroBlaze Soft Processor Core with the Nucleus RTOS September 15, 2003
	Xilinx-Enabled Product Featured at "Embedded In Action" Showcase September 15, 2003
	Xilinx Radically Improves Embedded Design Productivity with Latest Embedded September 15, 2003
	Xilinx Announces RocketPhy 10 Gbps XFP Design Kit September 15, 2003
	Xilinx Extends High-End FPGA Leadership by Shipping World's Highest Capacity & Capability FPGA September 15, 2003
	Next-Generation Virtex Family from Xilinx to Top One Billion Transistor Mark September 15, 2003
	Synplicity's FPGA Synthesis Solutions Offer Full Support for Xilinx ISE 6.1i Software September 09, 2003
	Mentor Graphics Delivers Complete FPGADesign Flow Resulting in Increased Productivity with Xilinx Latest ISE Software September 09, 2003
	Hier Design PalnAhead Software Provides Substantial Time-to-Market Advantage with Xilinx ISE 6.1i September 09, 2003
	New Xilinx ISE 6.1i Software Demonstrates Major Leap in Capacity & Performance Leadership with 250 New Features September 08, 2003
	Xilinx Programmable Chips Enable Revolutionary Self Regenerating Electronic Tissue September 08, 2003
	Xilinx Enhances Serial DIgital Video Solutions with New Multi-Rate SDI and HD-SDI Interface September 02, 2003

August

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	PW03 Workshops Highlight Programmable DSPs and FPGAs as Complementary Technologies August 21, 2003
	Xilinx Virtex Series Reaches Two Billion Revenues Milestone August 20, 2003
	Xilinx Enables Reconfigurable Computing with Free JBits Software for Use with Virtex-II FPGAS August 05, 2003

July

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Cypress and Xilinx Accelerate Development of Next-Generation Data Over Sonet/SHD Solutions for Metro Area Network Applications July 30, 2003
	New Xilinx DSP Cores Provide Low Cost Scalable Multi-Channel Solutions for Wireless & Scalable Modern Infrastructure July 30, 2003
	Xilinx and STMicroelectronics Combine FPGA and Memory Expertise to Deliver Platform Flash Solution July 29, 2003
	Xilinx FPGAs Abroad Mars 2003 Exploration Mission July 21, 2003
	Xilinx Announces First Reconfigurable End-To-End CAN Solutions for the Automotive Market July 07, 2003
	Xilinx Ships Over 10 Million Virtex Devices July 07, 2003
	Mentor Graphics RocketIO Design Kit for HyperLynx Simplifies Simulations of Xilinx Multi-Gigabit Designs July 07, 2003
	Mentor Graphics Enhances HyperLynx Signal Integrity Analysis Tools for Multi-Gigabit Speeds July 07, 2003
	Spirent Communications Leverages Xilinx Silicon, IP and Services to Introduce First Dual-Media Giagbit Ethernet Test System July 02, 2003
	Packlight Networks Utilizes High-Performance Xilinx Platform FPGAs for Optical Transport July 01, 2003
	Xilinx Provides Proven XAUI Solution for 10 Gigabit Ethernet Applications July 01, 2003

June

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Xilinx Spartan -3 FPGAs Lower in Cost than FPGA-to-ASIC Conversions June 24, 2003
	Xilinx Delivers Million Virtex-II FPGA into Customer Hands, Garnering Over 80% Market Segment Share June 23, 2003
	Xilinx RocketPHY Demonstrates 10 Gbps Interoperability at Supercomm June 17, 2003
	Insight Memec, Impact Memec and Memec Design Introduce Spartan-3 Development Kit June 17, 2003
	Xilinx Chips Selected for Latest 3G Wireless Test Platform from Agilent Technologies June 09, 2003
	Xilinx and Samsung Team to Develop Adaptable Metro Edge Network Solution June 02, 2003
	GDA Technologies and Xilinx Co-develop Industry's First Hyper-Transport Compatibility Test Platform June 02, 2003

May

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Xilinx Spartan -3 FPGAs Lower in Cost than FPGA-to-ASIC Conversions June 24, 2003
	BMW Williams F1 Chooses Xilinx for Mission Critical Vehicle Control Module (VCM) May 30, 2003
	Celoxica Extends C-based Design Support to New Xilinx 90nm Spartan-3 FPGAs May 19, 2003
	Xilinx Deploys Synopsys HSPICE for Breakthrough 10 Gbps Serial I/O Circuit Simulation May 06, 2003
	Xilinx and Paxonet Announce World's First Sonet STS-192 Jitter-Compliant GFP Solution May 06, 2003
	Xilinx and Nallatech Deliver Industry's First PCI Express Design Kit May 06, 2003
	Xilinx and Ignis Optics Demonstrate Interoperability with RocketPHY 10 Gbps SERDES and XFP Optical Tranceiver May 06, 2003
	Xilinx Ships Interface Solutions for FPGA Industry's First 10 Gbps Physical Layer Tranceivers Family May 06, 2003
	Xilinx Extends Virtex-II Pro Product Line with 10 Gbps Serial Tranceivers May 06, 2003
	Xilinx Delivers 10 Gbps Tranceivers with New RocketPHY Family May 06, 2003

April

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Xilinx Spartan -3 FPGAs Lower in Cost than FPGA-to-ASIC Conversions June 24, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Industry's Lowest Cost Configuration Solution April 29, 2003
	Nauticus Networks Selects Xilinx Platform FPGAs for Rapid Deployment on New Intelligent Data Center April 28, 2003
	Hier Design Supports Xilinx's New 90nm Spartan-3 FPGAs with Silicon Virtual Prototyping Solution to be Introduced in July April 28, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Industry's First Complete DDR400 SDRAM Interface Solution for FPGAs April 24, 2003
	Xilinx Interativa, and Birger Engineering Collaborate to Deliver 68 Billion Color Led Display System April 23, 2003
	Xilinx Teams Up with Nohau and Micrium to Offer Designers New Capabilities for MicroBlaze Based Embedded Systems April 23, 2003
	Xilinx Extends Programmable Systems Leadership with New Embedded Development Kit and MicroBlaze Soft Processor April 23, 2003
	Xilinx Selected as Finalist for Best of Show Award at Embedded Systems Conference April 22, 2003
	Cadence Optimizes Design Chain for Xilinx Customers Using the 90nm Spartan-3 FPGA Platform April 21, 2003
	Altium Supports Xilinx's New Spartan-3 Platform FPGAs April 16, 2003
	Xilinx Chips Bring Fans to the action at Sporting Events Worldwide April 16, 2003
	Mentor Graphics Delivers Comprehensive Design Support for Xilinx 90nm Spartan-3 Platform FPGAs April 16, 2003
	Xylon Rolls out IP Support for Xilinx's New Spartan-3 Platform - The World's Lowest-Cost FPGA April 15, 2003
	Synplicity Announces Optimized Software Support for Xilinx's New 90nm Spartan-3 FPGAs April 15, 2003
	PinPoint Solutions Hamesses New Xilinx Spartan-3 Platform for Lowest-Cost Video IP Programmable Solutions April 15, 2003
	Insight Memec, Impact Memec, and Memec Design Team to Introduce IP and Services Support for New Xilinx Spartan-3 Platform FPGAs April 15, 2003
	Helion Technology Supports New Xilinx Spartan 3 Platform with Encryption IP to Penetrate High Volume Security Applications April 15, 2003
	Eureka Technology Ports IP Cores to New Xilinx Spartan-3 Platform to Meet Demand for High Volume Designs April 15, 2003
	Cast Embraces New Xilinx Spartan-3 Platform as Low-Cost FPGA IP Alternative to Asics April 15, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Complete Third-Party Alliancecore IP Support for New Spartan-3 Platform FPGAs April 15, 2003
	Xilinx Expands eSP Portal for New Applications Addressed by New Spartan-3 Platform April 14, 2003
	New 90nm Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGAs Reshape Semiconductor Landscape April 14, 2003
	Xilinx and Cook Technologies Announce Serial Digital Video (SDV) Board April 04, 2003
	Xilinx Streamlines Software Defined Radio and Digital Communications Design with New IP Library April 02, 2003

March

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Xilinx Spartan -3 FPGAs Lower in Cost than FPGA-to-ASIC Conversions June 24, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Next Generation Free ISe WebPACK 5.2i Design Tool for Reduced Design Costs and Increased Productivity March 26, 2003
	MaXXan Chooses World's Most Powerful FPGAs from Xilinx for Next-Generation Intelligent Storage Switch Platform March 24, 2003
	Vitesse and Xilinx Demonstrate OIF Interoperability Enabling 10Gbps Ethernet at OFC 2003 March 24, 2003
	The Mathworks and Xilinx to Address Design Engineering Community at Inaugural Signal Processing Event March 19, 2003
	Xilinx Slashes Simulation Time from Months to Minutes with Next Generation Software Platform for High Speed DSP Design March 17, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Programmable World 2003 with IBM, Agilent, Cadence and 26 Other Industry Leaders March 12, 2003
	Xilinx Significantly Reduces Design and Device Costs with Enhanced ISE 5.2i Software March 03, 2003

February

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Xilinx Spartan -3 FPGAs Lower in Cost than FPGA-to-ASIC Conversions June 24, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Breakthrough 10 Gbps Technology February 24, 2003
	Xilinx and Jungo Software Technologies Accelerate PCI Design Cycle and Reduce System Costs February 19, 2003
	Xilinx Simplifies Wireless Networking Design with New eSP Web Portal February 17, 2003
	Xilinx and Cadence Solution Speeds Multi Gigabit Designs for System Companies February 17, 2003
	Xilinx Appoints CG-CoreEI's "Sandeepani" School of VLSI Design as its Authorized Training Provider in India February 13, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Virtex-II Pro FPGA Development Board February 12, 2003
	Xilinx Delivers Hypertransport Lite Reference Design Using Broadcom Silicon February 05, 2003
	Xilinx Chips Enable World's First "On The Fly" Reconfigurable Satellite February 04, 2003

January

	Mentor Graphics Delivers First Totally Integrated PCB Design and Signal Integrity Solution for Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs November 17, 2003
	Xilinx Spartan -3 FPGAs Lower in Cost than FPGA-to-ASIC Conversions June 24, 2003
	Xilinx Ultra Small CPLD Packaging Enables High Performance Sketchpad DSP Boards for 3DSP January 29, 2003
	Xilinx and Tarari Announce a Complete Programmable Content Processing Acceleration Platform January 28, 2003
	Xilinx Announces New Price Point for Virtex-II Pro FPGAs Fueled by Move To 300MM Volume Production January 27, 2003
	Xilinx Ships Industry's First 133MHz PCI-X 2.0 Core Mode 1 January 27, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Virtex-II Multimedia Development Board January 22, 2003
	Xilinx and International Rectifier Deliver High Performance Solution for Motor Control January 21, 2003
	Marconi Choose Xilinx for Next-Generation Synchronous Digital Heirarchy Products January 15, 2003
	Xilinx Delivers New Adaptive I/O Solution to Reduce Serial Design Cost and Improve Time to Market January 15, 2003
	Xilinx Enables Gibson Guitar's Best of Show Award at Annual Consumer Electronics Show January 09, 2003
	Xilinx and Amphony Team to Deliver World's First Digital Wireless RF Headphones with CD Quality Sound January 09, 2003
	Xilinx Programmable Chips Enable Latest MP3 Digital Audio Computer from Digital Innovations January 09, 2003
	Xilinx Announces Roadmap for Virtex-II Pro Easypath January 08, 2003
	Xilinx's Price/Performance Benefits Enable Unique Kinetic Home Theater Experience From D-Box Technology January 08, 2003
	Xilinx Low Cost Spartan FPGAs Enable MEI's High-Performance SyngNet Motion Control Network January 07, 2003