Xilinx Press Release # 0687
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XILINX HONORED WITH APEX 2006 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
FOR XCELL PUBLICATIONS
SAN JOSE, Calif., September 6, 2006 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the world’s leading provider of programmable chips, has been awarded the APEX 2006 Award of Excellence in two categories – magazine and journal design and layout, and custom-published magazines and journals – for two of its flagship Xcell Publications, Xcell Journal and I/O Magazine.
APEX 2006 – the 18th Annual Awards for Publication Excellence – is an international competition that recognizes outstanding publications, including newsletters, magazines, annual reports, brochures and web sites. According to APEX judges, this year’s competition was exceptionally intense, with nearly 5,000 entries. Awards were granted based on excellence in graphic design, quality of editorial content and the success of the entry in conveying the message and achieving overall communications effectiveness.
“We’re honored that Xcell magazines have been selected for excellence in publishing among such a stellar list of companies by the APEX panel of judges,” said Sandeep Vij, vice president of worldwide marketing at Xilinx. “Over the past 18 years, our custom publications have served as a foundational tool for delivering ‘how-to’ information to a growing base of engineers using Xilinx programmable chips to design a wide variety of electronic systems, ranging from the Mars Rover to high-volume consumer handsets, flat panel displays and automotive infotainment systems. Being ranked among the industry’s best underscores the value and quality of our company’s portfolio of custom magazines.”
Xilinx joins a prestigious list of award-winning companies from a variety of industries in the APEX competition for custom-published magazines and journals, among them Blue Cross Blue Shield, CMP Media/Digital Connect, DaimlerChrysler, IBM Journal of Research and Development, Mac Publishing, National Football League, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Penton Custom Media, and Time Inc. Strategic Communications.
About Xcell Publications
Xilinx award-winning print and online Xcell Publications include magazines, books and solutions guides. Custom-published magazines and journals include Xcell Journal, Embedded Magazine, DSP Magazine and I/O Magazine, which serve as the authoritative source for electronic designers of programmable digital systems worldwide for in-depth coverage of the latest applications and advances in hardware and software technologies, markets, systems, services, and support from Xilinx and its partners.
Xilinx magazines are published throughout the year and distributed in 114 countries to a combined circulation of more than 100,000 readers, including: application engineers; consultants; corporate executives and engineering managers; hardware, software, and system engineers; marketing professionals, educators, and researchers.
Additional information about Xilinx Publications is available at http://www.xilinx.com/publications/index.htm.
About the APEX Awards
The APEX Awards for Publication Excellence is an annual competition for writers, editors, publications staff and business and nonprofit communicators. It is sponsored by Communications Concepts, Inc., publishers of business communication reports, including Writing That Works http://www.apexawards.com/writingthatworks.htm, a subscription monthly for professional communicators, and special reports on topics such as Writing for the WEB.
In the 18th Annual APEX Awards competition, participants competed for a total of 102 awards in 11 main categories including: newsletters; magazines and journals; maga-papers and newspapers; annual reports; brochures; manuals and reports; video and electronic publications; web and intranet sites; campaigns, programs and plans; writing; design and illustration; and one-of-a-kind publications.
About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions. Additional information about Xilinx is available at www.xilinx.com.
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