Press Releases - 2005

Product Announcements

December 2005

• Xilinx Delivers 10 Millionth 90nm Device - December 20, 2005
• Xilinx Places Trust In GE And Its Own Devices For Global Security
  - December 19, 2005
• Xilinx Delivers Faster Timing Closure In ISE 8.1i, Maximizing FPGA Performance Up To 70% Over Competing Solutions
  - December 12, 2005

November 2005

• High-Performance Platform From National Semiconductor And Xilinx Accelerates Design Of Gigahertz-Speed Data Acquisition Systems - November 7, 2005

October 2005

• Xilinx Announces Record Quarter For High Volume Spartan Series
  - October 31, 2005
• Xilinx Announces Industry's Most Comprehensive Suite Of Programmable WiMAX Solutions - October 25, 2005
• Xilinx And Wavesat Collaborate In Development Of World's First Mini-PCi Reference Design For WiMAX - October 25, 2005
• Xilinx Targets $2 Billion High-Performance DSP Market With FPGA Industry's First Application-Optimized Solution Roadmaps
  - October 24, 2005
• Xilinx Delivers Highest Performance DSP Solutions For Multimedia, Video And Imaging Applications - October 24, 2005
• Xilinx Announces Fully-Compliant Reprogrammable 802.17 RPR Mac Solution - October 19, 2005
• Xilinx Demonstrates IEEE802.17-Compliant RPR MAC Solution At NSDC 2005 - October 18, 2005
• Xilinx Reaffirms Commitment To Automotive Market With Introduction Of Spartan-3E And Virtex-4 XA Devices
  - October 3, 2005

September 2005

• Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGAs Enable Latest Digital Audio Products For Touring Musicians - September 28, 2005
• Modulus Maximizes High Definition MPEG-4 AVC Encoder Performance With Xilinx FPGA Technology - September 20, 2005
• Xilinx Bolsters Automotive Solution Offerings with First FPGA IP for Controller Area Networks - September 19, 2005
• Xilinx Simplifies Embedded System Design With New Integrated PowerPC And MicroBlaze Development Kit - September 12, 2005 
• Xilinx And 4i2i Demonstrate Industry's First High Definition H.264/AVC Encoder Available In A Single FPGA 
  - September 7, 2005 

August 2005

• Xilinx Announces Compliance Of World's Lowest-Cost Programmable PCI Express Solution - August 23, 2005 
• Siemens Medical And Xilinx Team To Deliver Breakthrough 3D Medical Imaging Solutions - August 2, 2005 

July 2005

• Xilinx Embedded PowerPC Reference Design With Treck Software Delivers Gigabit Ethernet Performance - July 27, 2005 
• Xilinx AcceleratesVirtex-4 FPGA Performance By An Additional 26% With New Xplorer Utility - July 11, 2005 

June 2005

• Xilinx Demonstrates 7x Signal Integrity Advantage Of Virtex-4 FPGAs To Engineers Around The World - June 14th, 2005
• Synplicity Optimizes Industry-Leading Synplify Pro Software To Enable Efficient Implementation Of DSPs Into Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs 
- June 13, 2005
• Xilinx Embedded PowerPC Solution Gains Significant Industry Adoption - June 8, 2005
• Xilinx Announces Customer Shipments Of Virtex-4 FX60 FPGAs With Industry's First 622Mbps - 10.3125Gbps Serial Transceivers
- June 6, 2005
• Xilinx, CorEdge And Yamaichi Demonstrate Flexible 10Gbps Packet Processing On Industry Standard ATCA/AMC Platform 
- June 6, 2005
• Xilinx Announces Immediate Availability Of Industry's First 4 Gbps Programmable Fibre Channel Solution- June 6, 2005

May 2005

• Xilinx Improves Performance And Productivity For Virtex-4 Platform FPGA Designs With PlanAhead 7.1 Tool - May 23, 2005
• Xilinx Strengthens DSP IP Library With New Floating-Point And Digital Video Broadcasting S2 Cores - May 19, 2005
• New Xilinx MicroBlaze Soft Processor Increases Clock Frequency By 25 Percent - May 16, 2005
• Xilinx Expands Signal Processing Portfolio For Digital Communication System Design - May 4, 2005

April 2005

• Xilinx Shows 1-5 Watt Power Savings Per FPGA In New Whitepaper, Webcast and RockertLabs Demonstration Sites- April 29, 2005
• Xilinx Virtex Series Surpasses Three Billion In Revenue
- April 26, 2005
• Xilinx Extends Quality Leadership With ISO/TS 16949 Automotive Certification - April 25, 2005
• Philips And Xilinx Deliver World's First Low-Cost Programmable PCI Express Solution - April 11, 2005
• Xilinx Ships Virtex-4 LX200: World's Highest Density FPGA 
- April 1, 2005

March 2005

• Xilinx Extends Low Cost Leadership With New ISE WebPACK 7.1i 
- March 29, 2005
• Xilinx Issues White Paper Showing 73% Lower Static Power In 
Virtex-4 Compared To Competing FPGAs - March 24, 2005
• Xilinx Demonstrates 1 To 5 Watts Lower Power Per FPGA In Virtex-4 Family Compared To Competing FPGAs- March 24, 2005
• Xilinx Selected As FPGA Suplier Of Choice For BAE Systems Aerospace And Defense Products - March 14, 2005
• Industry Expert Dr. Howard Johnson Validates Signal Integrity Advantage Provdied By Virtex-4 FPGAs; Data Now Available On Xilinx Web Site - March 10, 2005
• Xilinx Announces Low Cost Development Platform For Virtex-4 SX -The World's Fastest FPGA Family For DSP - March 9, 2005
• Xilinx Ships Virtex-4 SX55 - World's Fastest FPGA For DSP 
- March 9, 2005
• Xilinx And AccelChip Deliver Industry's First Design Flow From MATLAB/Simulink And System Generator To Verified FPGA System
- March 8, 2005
• Xilinx Virtex-4 FX FPGAs With PowerPC Processor Deliver Breakthrough 20x Performance Boost - March 7, 2005
• Xilinx Simplifies Embedded System Design With New 7.1 Release Of Award-Winning Platform Studio Suite - March 7, 2005
• New Modelism Xilinx Edition-III Offers Faster Simulation And Increased Design Capacity - March 7, 2005
• Xilinx Shatters Price/Density Barrier For Low Cost FPGAs With New Spartan-3E Family Starting At Less Than $2.00- March 1, 2005
• Xilinx Accelerates World's Fastest FPGAs - New ISE 7.1i Release Delivers 70% Logic Performance Advantage - March 1, 2005

February 2005

• Achieving Superior Signal Integrity For Breakthrough Systems Performance - February 28, 2005
• Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGAs Selected For Innovative Microsoft Telematics Solution - February 28, 2005
• Singal Integrity Expert Dr. Howard Johnson Discusses Innovations For Achieving Breakthrough Performance Using Virtex-4 FPGAs
- February 23, 2005
• Virtex-4: World's Fastest FPGAs Now Even Faster With New Speed Grade Files - February 23, 2005
• Xilinx Spartan-3 And Virtex-II Pro FPGAs Win Multiple Designs In Mangrove MPLS Platforms - February 22, 2005
• Xilinx And Sensory Networks Team To Deliver Latest Network Security Platform - February 18, 2005
• Xilinx Grows CPLD Market Segment Share, Passes Lattice and Takes Over #2 Position - February 16, 2005 
• Xilinx Sells Low Cost FPGAs Through Online Store 
- February 15, 2005
• Can You See Me Now? Xilinx Chips Enable Next-Generation Video Phone Services - February 14, 2005
• Xilinx Enables Programmable Wireless Base Station Of The Future
- February 14, 2005
• Xilinx At Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco And Microprocessor Summit - February 10, 2005
• Xilinx Offers Free Hands-On Workshops For Award-Winning Embedded Platform Design At ESC San Francisco 
- February 8, 2005
• Xilinx FPGA Embedded Processing Platform Studio Wins Prestigious DesignVision Award From IEC - February 7, 2005

January 2005

• Xilinx Releases Production Virtex-4 FPGAs - January 31, 2005
• Xilinx Platform FPGAs Enable Latest 160 Gbps Switch Fabric From TeraChip - January 31, 2005
• Customer Bulletin - New Power Tool And Web Seminar Show Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs Consume 1/10th The Power Of Competing FPGAs
- January 31, 2005
• Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs Cut System Cabling Costs By Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars - January 31, 2005
• Xilinx Delivers Industry's Fastest Microcontroller With New PowerPC-Based UltraController-II Reference Design 
- January 31, 2005 
• Xilinx Platform Studio Named Finalist For Inaugural IEC DesignVision Award - January 26, 2005
• Xilinx Extends Aerospace And Defense Market Leadership With Delivery Of Advanced Device For QPRO Product Family
- January 25, 2005
• Xilinx Low-Power CoolRunner CPLDs Nominated By EDN Magazine As Finalist For "Greatest Innovation Of The Past 15 Years" Award - January 20, 2005 
• Latest Data Shows Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs Consume Less Than 1/10th The Power Of Competing FPGAs - January 19, 2005
• Xilinx Planahead v2.2 Tool Delivers Up To 2X Performance Boost And 50% Design Cycle Reduction For Virtex-4 FPGAs 
- January 12, 2005
• Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs Win "Product Of The Year" Award From Electronic Products Magazine - January 11, 2005
• Xilinx Ships New Virtex-4 FX12 FPGA - January 4, 2005

December 2004

• Xilinx Ships More Than 1.5 Million 90nm FPGAs - Over 100 Times Nearest Competitor - December 28, 2004
• Avnet Electronics Marketing Announces Immediate Availability Of Xilinx ATCA Design Kit - December 15, 2004
• Xilinx Ships World's Largest FPGA Device - December 9, 2004
• Xilinx Enables Instant Deployment Of Aurora, Industry's Most Popular, Scalable, Lightweight Serial Connectivity Protocol 
- December 9, 2004
• Xilinx Continues Focus On Wireless Market With Delivery Of CPRI-Compliant Reference Design - December 8, 2004
• Xilinx Presents Up To 3x Performance Advantage In Web-Based E-Learning Module - December 7, 2004