FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

XILINX EVENT ALERT

XILINX HOSTING 2004 WALK FOR AIDS SILICON VALLEY RECEPTION FEATURING WORLD AIDS PROGRESS REPORT BY DR. MARK HOLODNIY, AIDS SPECIALIST

July 20, 2004

What: Xilinx, Inc. and the AIDS Coalition Silicon Valley to host other valley corporations at the 2004 Walk for AIDS Corporate Event (Walk for AIDS Silicon Valley to be highlighted).
When: Thursday, July 22, 2004 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Where: Xilinx World Headquarters, 2050 Logic Drive, San Jose, Calif.

• Guest speaker, Dr. Mark Holodniy, associate professor of Medicine at Stanford University and director of the HIV Clinical Program Research Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Palo Alto, Calif., to provide an update from the World AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand.
  
  
• Pat Duffy, executive director, AIDS Coalition Silicon Valley, to highlight the fight against AIDS in the Silicon Valley, which is at a crisis point. Since 1993 the number of people in Santa Clara County living with AIDS has increased by 88 percent.
  
  
• A representative from U.S. Rep. Mike Honda's (D-San Jose) staff to present a congressional plaque of recognition to Xilinx; employees and management have supported the Walk for AIDS Silicon Valley for more than a dozen years.
  
  
• Also attending - Olivia Nunez, director, community relations, Mayor Ron Gonzales' office.
  
  
• Information will be available regarding the Walk for AIDS Silicon Valley, a 10K walk to raise funds for local HIV/AIDS programs (October 17, 2004). For more information, please see www.walkforaids.org.
  

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Paula Larson

Xilinx Public Relations

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