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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX CHIPS SELECTED FOR LATEST 3G WIRELESS
TEST PLATFORM FROM AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) Provide Re-configurability
and Time-to-Market Advantages
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 9, 2003 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today
announced that Agilent Technologies, a global technology leader
in communications, utilized Xilinx devices in the development of
its latest wireless manufacturing test solution, the Agilent E5515C
(8960) wireless communications test set.
The Agilent E5515C test set was developed specifically for the high-volume
automated manufacturing test of wireless devices and offers the
only one-box solution with the ability to adapt to current 2G and
3G formats. The advanced features of Xilinx Virtex and Spartan Series
Platform field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) were key enablers
allowing Agilent to add new digital cellular formats to the E5515C
test set as the new digital standards were developed, dramatically
shortening Agilent's time-to-market. In addition, the flexibility
of the FPGAs allows wireless device manufacturers to improve time-to-market
and lower test costs by upgrading their Agilent E5515C test systems
via the Internet as new standards emerge.
"Using Xilinx FPGAs provided Agilent with a time-to-market
advantage and reduced our overall design costs in the process,"
said Al Schmidt, vice president of Agilent's Wireless Division.
"The flexible nature of Xilinx programmable chips provided
our design team with the luxury of repeated design iterations throughout
the design process - which would not be possible using standard
fixed ASIC technology.
"Agilent's unique application of our FPGAs underscores our
ability to improve time-to-market and reduce costs for our customer's
customer," said Wim Roelandts, president and CEO at Xilinx.
About Programmable Logic Devices
Xilinx leads one of the fastest growing segments of the semiconductor
industry - programmable logic devices (PLDs) with 49% market share.
PLDs represent an exciting growth potential in the chip market thanks
to their flexible nature and ability to change functionality even
after being manufactured and delivered in the field via Internet
reconfigurability. Gartner/Dataquest forecasts the PLD market to
grow to $5.6 billion by 2006.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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