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Xilinx Press Release # 0676FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE XILINX FPGA DESIGN TOOLS CHOSEN NUMBER ONE Xilinx Earns Highest Ratings in EE Times FPGA EDA Vendor Survey SAN JOSE, Calif., August 7, 2006 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the world’s leading supplier of programmable solutions, today announced the company took top honors for the third consecutive year in the FPGA EDA tool vendor survey conducted by EE Times, part of CMP Technology LLC. Xilinx once again earned the highest ranking for FPGA-level EDA vendor usage among respondents, holding this position every year since the inception of the FPGA study in May 2004. In addition, Xilinx ranked number one in all the categories covering the “most important attributes in selecting an FPGA EDA tool vendor” and scored higher than any other FPGA vendor in user satisfaction. Xilinx top rating is strong testament to its excellence in design tools technology, support and services and the company’s total solutions approach to handling today’s complex system designs. “We are truly honored that designers again chose Xilinx as their top FPGA EDA vendor. Being first with our customers is the benchmark by which we measure success, and is the metric that matters most as an industry leader,” said Bruce Talley, vice president and general manager of the Design Software Division at Xilinx. “Xilinx continues to invest more in FPGA tools research and development, design support, customer training and design services than anyone else in the industry. This underscores our commitment to solving the toughest issues and offering the most complete, best-in-class programmable design solutions that also raise the bar for ease of use.” More FPGA Designers Speak Up “We are very excited to have active participation this year by FPGA designers and engineering managers across the globe,” said Brian Fuller, publisher and editor in chief of EE Times. “It is critical that as an industry we gain insight into the key challenges and issues facing FPGA EDA tool users.” In addition to polling respondents about the characteristics of their design projects, the EE Times survey probed the comprehensiveness and various attributes required of an FPGA EDA solution. Xilinx led in the categories of after-sales support, competitive pricing, documentation, technology leadership, clear vision, third-party tool vendor and supply chain integration, knowledgeable sales representatives, management, website, training services, before-sales system support and consulting design services. Total Solutions Approach Addresses Toughest Design Issues About the CMP Technology Electronics Group (http://www.cmp.com)
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