Xilinx Named Best Global Partner 2003 By ZTE Corporation in China

Award from ZTE recognizes Xilinx’ leading technology and products, excellent logistics support and quality customer services, which provide greater flexibility and reduce time to market for customer's products.

BEIJING, CHINA, April 28, 2004 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the world’s leading programmable logic supplier, today announced it received the prestigious “Best Global Partner 2003” award by ZTE Corporation, the largest listed telecom manufacturer in China. The award recognized Xilinx’s leading technology and products, excellent logistics support and quality customer services, which provide greater flexibility and reduce time to market for customer's products.

The “Best Global Partner” award is decided annually by ZTE’s various departments including R&D, sourcing, quality control and manufacturing, to recognize the contributions of suppliers based on their products and services. Xilinx was the only programmable logic company selected this year.

“ZTE recognized Xilinx as a valuable partner, supplying us with advanced technologies, products and services at a competitive price. We are happy to see the growth of our relationship and believe Xilinx will continue to offer innovative products and services to help ZTE respond more quickly to our customers’ needs,” said Qiu Weizhao, vice president, ZTE Corporation. ZTE uses Xilinx’s field programmable gate arrays, complex programmable logic devices and PROM products in their key telecom product areas such as CDMA, WCDMA, SDH, Switching system, ADSL and PHS.

“Xilinx is proud to be named one of the Best Global Partners by ZTE. As a major customer, we appreciate ZTE’s recognition of our contributions to its business success,” said David Loftus, Vice President, Xilinx Asia Pacific. “The award once again confirms our excellent customer relations and represents the ongoing collaboration between ZTE and Xilinx to address the requirements of a competitive and demanding market.”

About ZTE
ZTE Corporation is a globally operating telecommunications equipment manufacturer. Listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1997, the company initially specialized in customized network solutions for telecom carriers worldwide. Today, ZTE develops and manufactures telecommunication equipment for fixed networks, mobile networks, data communication networks, optical transport networks, intelligent networks and next-generation networks. ZTE Corporation, based in Shenzhen, China, comprises 12 institutes and 13 holding companies in all parts of the world, employing around 13,000 people. In the year 2002, the company generated revenue worth USD1.33 billion.