PATHWAYS DEVELOPMENT GROUP DEVELOPS VIDEO GAME INTERFACE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES USING XILINX SPARTAN-II FPGAS

Spartan-II flexibility enables Team Xtreme® for N64® game controller

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 4, 2002 -Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) announced today that Pathways Development Group, Inc., http://www.pathwaysdg.com, a developer of electronic products for people with disabilities, chose Xilinx Spartan-II FPGAs for its Team Xtreme® for N64® video game interface. The interface adapts a standard off-the-shelf Nintendo N64 game system, enabling people with disabilities to enjoy any Nintendo N64 video game, full speed, with family and friends. A teammate can assist the player using a standard Nintendo game controller that also attaches to Team Xtreme. Players can opt to be their own Teammate, using a modified Teammate controller along with head switches or foot switches to play completely unassisted through Team Xtreme. The Spartan-II FPGA provides all the interfacing, timing, display driving, command and data handling between the Nintendo N64 game system, the player's switch inputs, and the teammate's game controller.

"Spartan-II FPGAs offered the best overall solution for our design," said Mike Andrews, founder and president of Pathways Development Group. "The advanced system features of Spartan-II FPGAs combined with excellent design tools and great technical support were key factors in our selection of this part."

"The Team Xtreme for N64 controller demonstrates the flexibility of the Spartan-II solution," said Xilinx vice-president of marketing Sandeep Vij. "This application is a prime example of how Xilinx FPGAs enable development of a whole new class of cost-sensitive consumer products requiring very short development times."

About Spartan-II FPGAs
The Xilinx Spartan-II FPGA series was created to offer a cost-optimized system logic solution by providing the advantages of fast development-to-production time, advanced system features, and in-system reprogrammability at competitive prices. Spartan-II FPGAs provide total cost management through the design, production, and life cycle phases, allowing manufacturers to address all aspects of a product's cost. Design cost is reduced through utilizing fewer engineering resources and the elimination of non-recurring engineering (NRE) charges.

About Xilinx
Xilinx is the leading innovator of complete programmable logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time required to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation, high-reliability/military, and low power portable and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx Web site at www.xilinx.com.

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