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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX FORMS MAJOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT
WITH QUEENS UNIVERSITY BELFAST
Northern Ireland - 9 October 2003, SAN JOSE, Calif., October 9,
2003 Xilinx Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX), the worldwide leader in programmable
logic solutions, today announced a major financial and technology
support collaboration for a significant new research project at
Queens University Belfast.
The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Queens will
carry out collaborative research, experimentation and development
with Xilinx at a new Programmable Systems Laboratory, established
with the multinational corporation's support. Xilinx will fund high-level
research activity while also donating advanced technologies in a
move designed to yield new concepts in semiconductor design for
future telecommunications networks. The high-level research project
has been named PIPPIN (Programmable IC Platforms for Programmable
IP Networks).
Xilinx has an advanced international research & development,
design and operations centre in Dublin, where the company's European
headquarters is also located. Engineers at the Dublin centre and
the company's corporate headquarters in California will work closely
with the Queens University team. Xilinx will provide the development
environment for the university's new concepts. This will include
availability of high-end programmable devices, software and design
tools to enable research on implementation techniques and applications.
The new Programmable Systems Laboratory at Queens is the brainchild
of Professors Roger Woods and Alan Marshall who approached Xilinx
with their ideas. Queens is Northern Ireland's leading research
institution and ranks among the top research institutions in Europe.
"The School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Queens
represents a centre of excellence in programmable networks and reconfigurable
hardware. The combination of both areas of study in one research
institution provided compelling reasons for this collaboration,"
said Ivo Bolsens, chief technology officer at Xilinx. "Our
advanced semiconductor and software design techniques and Queens
University's academic expertise will equip the new laboratory with
powerful experimentation capabilities. This effort aligns with the
overall goal of Xilinx Research Labs to develop scalable solutions
and design tools for low to high-end networking applications.
"The evolution of new telecommunications networks hinges on
the level of future programmability which can be ingrained into
electronic systems prior to their actual establishment," said
Professor Roger Woods. "Our goal is to create network systems
that can change themselves after installation in order to meet differing
requirements. The key to this inherent flexibility lies in programmable
logic development and the creation of highly powerful and scalable
'System on Chip' products. Using Xilinx technologies, we will create
demonstration platforms for networks, which are highly adaptable
to future market trends. It is envisaged that, in some instances,
changes of function within the network could become 'intelligent'
as the system evolves by itself to meet the long-term dynamics of
demand in the type and volume of traffic on the network.
"Xilinx' programmable devices are extremely powerful and can
be reconfigured individually within the systems in which they are
placed, either on site or remotely. They are ideally placed to be
at the vanguard of future telecommunications industry developments,"
said Professor Woods.
The hardware circuitry in Xilinx advanced components, which are
commonly used in today's communications systems, can be changed
even after they have been installed in electronic equipment at a
customer's premises. This means that electronic equipment manufacturers
can bring products to market faster, add new features later, improve
performance after deployment and provide general maintenance from
a remote location.
In the past twelve months, Xilinx invested over US$ 220 million
in the research & development of new technology. The company
holds over 800 patents from its inventions.
About Xilinx Research Labs
Xilinx Research Laboratories conducts applied research in programmable
platforms, tools and applications. Its mission is to develop technological
solutions that create new business opportunities or significantly
advance current business. With various locations throughout the
world, researchers strive to set the highest standard for successful
industrial research laboratory.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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