XILINX DELIVERS FIRST COMPLETE, STANDARDS-BASED, SHRINK-WRAPPED SOFTWARE
FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC

New Xilinx Foundation Software Series Removes Barriers for Entry Level
Users to Design with HDLs and Easily Migrate to Higher Density Solutions

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 1, 1996 -- Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX) today
announced the Xilinx Foundation series, a fully integrated set of software
solutions that support a broad range of CPLD and FPGA design requirements.
The easy-to-use, Windows-based software provides access to industry
standard Hardware Description Languages (HDLs), synthesis, schematic
entry, gate level simulation, and the Xilinx XACTstep implementation
tools. The Xilinx Foundation series allows users to shorten design cycles
and the learning curve associated with designing with industry standard
HDLs.

"Today's designers need easy-to-use, technology-independent software
solutions to support the rapid innovation of new PLD families without
having to learn new design methodologies," said Kenn Perry, Xilinx
director of software marketing. "The Xilinx Foundation series provides an
entire suite of standards-based design tools leveraging an easy-to-learn
VHDL design environment."

Integrated, Standards-Based Features

Since the Xilinx Foundation tools are integrated into a common design
management environment, users have access to all technology from design
entry to implementation to verification. As a result, the new series
provides ease and flexibility when designing with industry standard
languages. For example, an integrated, push-button HDL editor provides the
user immediate HDL assistance during mixed design entry. Among its variety
of world-class features, the new software series includes the following:

* HDL Wizard makes language-based design easy and efficient in both VHDL
and ABEL-HDL. It includes an HDL editor with built-in intelligence for
learning HDL, language templates for cutting and pasting of common HDL
functions, and color coding of HDL key words for leading the user through
the text entry process.

* VHDL Synthesis provides a simple, low cost tool for synthesizing VHDL
text files and supports fully compliant IEEE 1076 code. Proven compile
times show a designer can synthesize a 2,000-3,000 gate design in two
minutes. Design files are non-proprietary, technology-independent, and
Synopsys-compatible. As a result, designs created with VHDL can be reused
even if the target device changes.

* ABEL-HDL Design provides easy migration from PAL designs to higher
density Xilinx CPLDs and FPGAs. It includes push-button design flow with
hierarchical design entry and JEDEC file conversion, enabling reuse of
existing PAL codes. A fitter architecture with automatic device selection
allows designers to focus on design functionality.

"Xilinx' business strategy with its new series of programmable logic design
tools is an industry breakthrough," said Rita Glover, president and
principal analyst of EDA Today, Phoenix, Arizona. "The openness of the
Xilinx Foundation series breaks down the barriers that have previously
held customers captive to particular silicon architectures. Users will
welcome the ability to do CPLD and FPGA design in a standards-compliant,
technology-independent environment that is also low cost and easy to
use."

Pricing and Availability

The Xilinx Foundation software solutions are available now on PC platforms
running Microsoft Windows 3.1. Availability on Microsoft Windows '95 and
Windows NT platforms will be announced later this year.

XILINX FOUNDATION SERIES

Product Includes Price Family/Device Support Foundation XABEL-CPLD
Simulation, ABEL-HDL design support, Xilinx CPLD implementation tools $495
XC7300 family XC9500 family Foundation BASE Schematic, simulation,
ABEL-HDL design support, Xilinx CPLD and FPGA implementation tools $995
XC7300 family XC3120A/3130A/3142A XC3020A/3030A/3042A XC4003E XC5202/5204
Foundation BASE VHDL VHDL synthesis, schematic, simulation, ABEL-HDL
design support, Xilinx CPLD and FPGA implementation tools $1,495 XC7300
family XC3120A/3130A/3142A XC3020A/3030A/3042A XC4003E XC5202/5204
Foundation STANDARD Schematic, simulation, ABEL-HDL design support, XBLOX,
floorplanner, Xilinx CPLD and FPGA implementation tools, support for up to
20,000 gates $4,995 XC3100A family XC3000A family XC4000E family XC5200
family XC7300 family Foundation STANDARD VHDL VHDL synthesis, schematic,
simulation, ABEL-HDL design support, XBLOX, floorplanner, Xilinx CPLD and
FPGA implementation tools, support for up to 20,000 gates $5,995 XC3100A
family XC3000A family XC4000E family XC5200 family XC7300 family 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, peripheral, telecommunications,
networking, industrial control, instrumentation, and high
reliability/military markets.

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