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1998

• Xilinx Intends to Acquire Software for Internet Team-Based Programmable Logic Design - December 14, 1998
• Xilinx Takes Lead in CPLD Market - December 14, 1998
• Xilinx, UMC Group Set New 1GHz Performance Milestone with 0.18 Micron, 1.8-Volt Prototype FPGA - November 30, 1998
• First Million-Gate Virtex FPGA Delivered by UMC Group - Xilinx Team - November 30, 1998
• Xilinx Internet Reconfigurable Logic Technology Boosted by New AllianceCORE Products - November 23, 1998
• Xilinx Unveils Internet Reconfigurable Logic - November 10, 1998
• Java Applets Empower Internet Reconfigurable Logic - November 10, 1998
• Siemens Announces Design Services for Xilinx Internet Reconfigurable Logic - November 10, 1998
• Xilinx CORE Generator Momentum Increases with MEMEC Design Services IP - November 9, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Computer-based Training for Verilog - November 2, 1998
• Xilinx Breaks One Million-Gate Barrier with Delivery of New Virtex Series - October 26, 1998
• Xilinx and Cast Expand AllianceCORE Offerings with Seven New Cores - October 12, 1998
• Xilinx Software is Web-Enabled - October 12, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Industry's First Line of High Density Radiation-Hardened SRAM-based FPGAs - September 30, 1998
• Xilinx Set to Penetrate New Markets with Biggest Product Launch in History of PLD Industry - September 28, 1998
• Xilinx Unveils Framework for Interactive Web-based PLD Design - September 9, 1998
• Xilinx Offers New Cores Through the Internet- August 18, 1998
• Radiation Tests Show Xilinx FPGAs can be used Without Limitation in High Altitude Avionics Applications - August 5,1998
• New Xilinx Alliance Software Delivers Support for the Industry's First Million Gate FPGA Designs - August 3, 1998
• New Foundation Series Software Delivers Handcrafted Design Performance Automatically - August 3, 1998
• Xilinx and CoreEl MicroSystems Provide FPGA Ethernet Solution - July 23, 1998
• Xilinx and Integrated Intellectual Property Announce Complete FireWire Solution for FPGAs - June 29, 1998
• Xilinx Sees Bright Future for Reconfigurable Computing - June 15, 1998
• New Xilinx FPGA Design Solution Breaks Speed Record- June 8, 1998
• Xilinx and Aldec Partner to Deliver Complete VHDL Design Environment for Programmable Logic Design - May 25, 1998
• Xilinx and Model Technology Partner to Advance HDL Design for Programmable Logic Devices - May 25, 1998
• Xilinx Unveils New "QPRO" Products for Aerospace, Defense and High Reliability Markets - May 19, 1998
• Xilinx Announces "Xilinx PCI": A Complete Solution for Cost-Effective PCI and CompactPCI Applications - May 18, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Newest Member of Industry's Fastest Growing CPLD Family - May 6, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Smallest Packaging Technology for CPLDs in Small Form-factor Applications - May 4, 1998
• Xilinx Announces "Xilinx DSP" - A Comprehensive Solution for High Performance Digital Signal Processing Designs - April 13, 1998
• Xilinx and AllianceCORE Partners Make a Splash at IP'98 with New AllianceCORE Offerings - March 23, 1998
• Xilinx Announces New Core Generator Tool with Xilinx Smart-IP Technology - March 16, 1998
• Xilinx Extends Japanese Market Leadership with Latest Versions of Alliance and Foundation Series Software - March 16, 1998
• Xilinx and AllianceCORE Partners Announce New RISC, Communications, and Peripheral Cores - March 9, 1998
• New Xilinx Software Delivers Significantly Shorter Design Cycles and Increased Performance - February 23, 1998
• Xilinx Expands Industry-leading HDL Design Solution in New Release - February 23, 1998
• Xilinx and CoreEl Microsystems Announce ATM Cores - January 26, 1998
• New Xilinx Spartan Series Offers Programmable Logic Advantages to High Volume ASIC Users - January 12, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Broad Line of Cores Optimized for New Spartan Series - January 12, 1998

• New Xilinx LogiCORE PCI Interface and Faster XC4000XL Family Offer Increased Performance - December 15, 1997
• Xilinx and T7L Technology Jointly Announce Complete FPGA-Based RISC Processor Solutions - December 15, 1997
• Xilinx Foundation Series Software Delivers Synopsys' FPGAExpress 2.0 Technology - December 15, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Shipment of 10,000th Foundation Series System - December 8, 1997
• Xilinx Releases High Reliability Versions of Largest, Fastest FPGA Family  - December 3, 1997
• Xilinx Introduces Fully Programmable Alternative to System-Level ASIC Design - November 24, 1997
• Xilinx Uses Synopsys FPGA Compiler to Aid Development of New Xilinx Virtex Series - November 24, 1997
• Xilinx, UMC First to Deliver Programmable Logic Using 0.25 Micron Technology - October 27, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Industry's First Half-Million Gate FPGA Family - October 27, 1997
• Xilinx Partners Announce New AllianceCORE Solutions at IP 97 Europe Show - October 21, 1997
• Xilinx Announces the Industry's First FPGA-specific ASIC Family - October 20, 1997
• Xilinx New Foundation Series Software Enables VHDL Design in Under Ten Minutes - September 22, 1997
• Xilinx Ships Industry's First Complete Programmable Logic Reed-Solomon Solutions for AllianceCORE Program - September 8, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Up To 41 Percent Price Reductions on ISP CPLDs - September 2, 1997
• Xilinx Now Shipping New Alliance Series Software Supporting Industry's Highest Performance and Highest Density 3.3V FPGAs - August 25, 1997
• Xilinx Shipping Largest Member of ISP CPLD Family - August 18, 1997
• Xilinx Announces New Round of Price Cuts for CPLDs- June 30, 1997
• Xilinx Expands AllianceCORE Offerings with Additional Pre-Implemented Peripheral Functions - June 23, 1997
• Xilinx Low-Cost FPGA Roadmap Points to Die-Size Parity with Gate Arrays by End of Year - June 20, 1997
• Xilinx and Synopsys Announce Exclusive OEM Partnership- June 9, 1997
• Xilinx Delivers Next Generation Software Platform - June 2, 1997
• Xilinx and EDA Alliance Partners See Phenomenal Growth in Synthesis Design Tools - May 27, 1997
• Xilinx Delivers on High-Density Roadmap and Increases Density Leadership - May 19, 1997
• Xilinx Delivers Industry's Fastest 5V FPGA - April 21, 1997
• Xilinx Introduces First Web-based Tool for Fast FPGA Core Design - April 14, 1997
• Xilinx Ships 35,000th Software Design System - April 3, 1997
• Xilinx Teams with Partners to Introduce First Reconfigurable Processing Development System - March 17, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Low Cost PCI HardWire Solution - March 10, 1997
• Best Selling Automatic Board Test System Now Supports Industry's Most-Complete ISP CPLD - February 28, 1997
• Xilinx Lowers the Cost of XC3000 Performance - February 28, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Third-Party AllianceCORE^TMProgram - February 17, 1997
• Xilinx Roadmap for High Density FPGAs Calls for 0.25 micron Devices During 1997- February 3, 1997
• Xilinx Begins Shipping Industry's Largest FPGA Device- February 3, 1997
• Xilinx Achieves QML Status on Hi-Rel/Military Products - January 27, 1997
• Xilinx Makes Major Move into the CPLD Market with Volume Shipments of Lowest Priced Flash Devices - January 20, 1997
• Xilinx to discontinue XC2000 FPGA family - January 8, 1997
• Xilinx Becomes Price Leader in CPLDs - January 6, 1997

• Xilinx to Discontinue Older XC4000A/H FPGA Devices - October 21, 1996
• Xilinx Discontinues Antifuse Product Development - July 31, 1996
• Xilinx Extends Logicore Program With PCI Initiator Module - July 29, 1996
• Xilinx Launches Unique Web Service That Provides Wide Access to Industry Information - July 8, 1996
• Xilinx/Synopsys Collaboration Results in Tightly Integrated PC Synthesis Solution - June 3, 1996
• Xilinx Announces Aggressive Price Reduction For Industry's Most Cost-Effective FPGA - May 27, 1996
• Xilinx Delivers First Complete, Standards-Based, Shrink-Wrapped Software for Programmable Logic - April 1, 1996
• Xilinx Announces First FPGAs Up To 125K Gates - January 22, 1996
• Xilinx Delivers First Fully Verified PCI Modules To Kick Off New Logicore ^TM Program - January 8, 1996

Corporate Press Releases

1998

• Xilinx Donates $400,000 in Products to University in China - December 16, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Third Party Consulting Program - November 16, 1998
• Xilinx Promotes Haynes to Vice President Worldwide Sales - November 9, 1998
• Xilinx Adds New Member to Board of Directors - October 12, 1998
• Xilinx Authorizes 3 Million Share Repurchase Program - September 16, 1998
• Xilinx Appoints New Chief Financial Officer - July 27, 1998
• Xilinx and Insight Open Dedicated Programmable Logic Training Centers in Asia - May 11, 1998
• Xilinx Authorized Share Repurchase Program - April 23, 1998
• Xilinx Announces Chief Financial Officer Intends to Retire - April 23, 1998
• Xilinx Launches New Web Site for Japanese Market - March 30, 1998
• Xilinx Dedicated Local Language Technical Support Hotline for Programmable Logic is a First for Europe - March 30, 1998
• Xilinx Breaks Ground for New Corporate Headquarters in San Jose - February 13, 1998

• Xilinx Achieves Additional Quality Milestones - December 11, 1997
• Xilinx Authorizes Share Repurchase Program - December 4, 1997
• Xilinx Announces New Offices for Xilinx GMBH - September 1, 1997
• Xilinx Plans Worldwide Series of Technical Seminars - May 12, 1997
• Xilinx and Prentice Hall Announce First Complete Digital Design Lab Course for Students - May 5, 1997
• Xilinx Announces Official Opening of New Software Development Center in Colorado - May 2, 1997
• Xilinx Appoints New Senior Vice President of Software - April 9, 1997

• Xilinx Appoints New General Manager of CPLD Business Unit - December 10, 1996
• Xilinx Forms Strategic Business Segment To Expand DSP Offerings. - December 2, 1996
• Xilinx ships five millionth device - September 24, 1996
• Xilinx Expands Membership of Board - September 12, 1996
• Xilinx Authorizes Share Repurchase Program - September 12, 1996
• Xilinx Unveils Performance Based 401(K) Enhancements - July 29, 1996
• Xilinx To Provide Funding For Advanced Seiko Epson Semiconductor Facility - May 22, 1996
• Xilinx Announces Resignation of President Curt Wozniak - April 9, 1996
• Xilinx Announces Opening of New Manufacturing Facility in Ireland - February 7, 1996
• Xilinx Appoints HP Executive as New CEO - January 11, 1996