FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: November 1, 2004

Xilinx at 2nd International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference

What: System on Chip (SOC) Conference
When: November 3-4, 2004
Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Milpitas, Calif.

Keynote Presentation by:
Ivo Bolsens, Vice President & Chief Technical Officer, Xilinx

Ivo Bolsens, vice president and chief technical officer of Xilinx, will deliver the keynote speech at the SOC Conference 2004, November 3 at 9:15 - 9:45AM at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Milpitas, California.

The talk will discuss the requirements of digital system-on-chip solutions and the importance of field programmability to the future of new and increasingly popular digital applications. Bolsens will provide an update on the current state of the art in programmable logic technology and highlight emerging trends in this area. Included will be an analysis of the tradeoffs and limitations of so-called structured ASIC approaches. New approaches to leveraging the capabilities and flexibility of programmable logic, including the use of domain-specific platforms will also be presented.

Other Xilinx Participation
Patrick Dorsey, Product Line Director, EasyPath FPGAs and Configuration Products
Presenting as part of "New Trends and Approaches in ASIC and SoC Design" Track FPGAs vs. Structured ASICs: Low-Cost, Volume Solution for SoC Design
November 3, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

David Squires, Director of Marketing, DSP Division
Participating on "CPUs and DSPs for SoC Platform Design" Panel
November 4, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Xilinx Virtex-4 ML401 Evaluation Platform Product Demonstration: The ML401 Evaluation Platform allows customers to see Virtex-4 FPGA technology in action. The demonstration will outline Virtex-4 features such as Source Synchronous IO, Per Bit Deskew, BRAM FIFOs, Xesium Clock Technology and Xtreme DSP .

About The SOC Conference
This informative two-day event is designed for anyone who needs the latest information on SoC-related technologies, configurable CPUs and DSPs for SoC design, semiconductor possibilities, 90nm and sub-90nm challenges, EDA tools for Nanometer SoCs, SoC platform design and IP suppliers. More information can be found at http://www.savantcompany.com/SoC-Nov2004/main.htm.

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Editorial contact:

Paula Larson

Xilinx Public Relations

(408) 879-6802

paula.larson@xilinx.com