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Xilinx Press Release #0359

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

XILINX, INTERATIVA, AND BIRGER ENGINEERING COLLABORATE
TO DELIVER 68 BILLION COLOR LED DISPLAY SYSTEM

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 23, 2003 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that Interativa Paineis Eletronicos (http://www.interativapaineis.com.br), a leading manufacturer of LED displays headquartered in Brazil, selected Xilinx Spartan Series and Virtex-II Platform FPGAs, featuring the MicroBlaze 32-bit soft processor core, for its recently launched 68 billion color LED display system. The display is capable of rendering more than 68 Billion different shades of color. While this color depth far exceeds what the human eye can discriminate, it allows for very accurate reproduction of images in a variety of environments, such as bright sunlight, fluorescent lighting, or near darkness. For a demonstration of Xilinx's enabling technology, including the latest MicroBlaze 32-bit soft processor core, visit Booth #1813 at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco, Calif., April 23 - 26, 2003.

Interativa worked closely with Birger Engineering, Inc., a Xilinx XPERTS partner and leading provider of image processing and compression algorithms, to implement its video processor module and LED driver board. The first large scale prototype display was completed in January of 2003, and currently resides in Foz do Igaucu, Brazil.

"Xilinx provides a wide range of high performance, low cost logic solutions. We were able to pinpoint the right part for the right functionality across the board," said Eng. Ricardo Ramos, president and CEO of Interativa Paineis Eletronicos. "This was true for the panel processor, where the small footprint and low cost Spartan-IIE FPGA could be employed. For the main processor, we selected the high performance Virtex-II Platform FPGA - with its triple DES encryption, we were assured that the bitstream could not be pirated."

"The broad adoption of FPGAs in a wide range of high performance, cost sensitive applications such as the Interativa display, demonstrates the increasing market demand for programmable devices that deliver ASIC-level functionality and performance that affords a greater level of flexibility and cost-effectiveness," said Sandeep Vij, vice president of Worldwide Marketing at Xilinx. "In today's economy, Xilinx FPGAs are the ideal solution to bring tomorrow's programmable system designs to market."

About Xilinx Solutions
The Xilinx Virtex-II Platform FPGA family delivers the highest performance and highest density of any programmable logic solution available. The innovative Virtex-II IP-Immersion architecture enables integration of both hard and soft intellectual property (IP), enhanced system memory, and lightning-fast DSP performance, providing the best platform for advanced digital designs in the industry.

Marking a major milestone in the semiconductor industry, Xilinx recently unveiled its new line of 90nm Spartan solutions - the Spartan-3 platform. Ranging from 50K to 5M system gates, the Spartan-3 platform is the world's lowest cost FPGA with unrivaled price points.

At the Embedded Systems Conference this week, Xilinx released new advanced features for its industry-leading MicroBlaze 32-bit soft processor core. Delivering 68 Dhrystone-MIPS at 85 MHz in the new Spartan-3 FPGA, MicroBlaze provides customers with a high-performance and low cost processor solution.

About the XPERTS Program
Xilinx established the XPERTS Program to provide its customers with access to a worldwide network of certified design consultants. XPERTS members are certified and have extensive expertise and experience with Xilinx technology in various vertical applications, such as DSP, communications and networking, video and image processing, system I/O interfaces, and home networking.

About Interativa
Interativa Painéis (Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná - Brazil) manufactures LED electronic displays. The product line ranges from text and informational displays, to 68+ billion color RGB video displays. Custom displays are regularly built to meet specific customer requirements. Further information can be found at www.interativapaineis.com.br

About Birger Engineering, Inc.
Birger Engineering, Inc. (Boston, MA) is a full-service product development firm, specializing in the development of algorithms, electronics and systems for imaging. Additional information about Birger Engineering is available at www.birger.com.

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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