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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX ANNOUNCES NEW DSP DIVISION, INDUSTRY VETERAN
OMID TAHERNIA NAMED VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER
New division to enhance, broaden FPGA industry's
leading DSP offering
SAN JOSE, Calif., September 6, 2004 - In a move that underscores
the programmable logic leader's commitment to the DSP market, Xilinx,
Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced the creation of a dedicated
DSP Division. Omid Tahernia, a well-known Motorola veteran of more
than 20 years with extensive experience and 13 patents in wireless
and mobile systems development, will serve as vice president and
general manager of the new division.
As a member of the Xilinx executive management team, Tahernia will
lead the DSP Division's technology and business strategy to broaden
the reach of Xilinx FPGAs into a $2 billion signal processing segment
currently not served by DSP processors. This segment has traditionally
been the domain of ASICs and ASSPs, but now represents a tremendous
opportunity for Xilinx with FPGAs being used as co-processors along
with traditional DSPs. Tahernia will be responsible for developing
next-generation Xilinx DSP solutions, including the intellectual
property, software tools and design methodologies that allow DSP
designers to leverage the high performance-price advantages of Xilinx
FPGAs. His charter will also include building strategic alliances
with industry leaders to further strengthen the company's robust
solutions.
"The DSP landscape for Xilinx is evolving with dramatic advancements
in our silicon and tools, coupled with the high performance, flexibility
and integration benefits inherent with FPGAs," said Wim Roelandts,
president and CEO of Xilinx. "Tahernia is the kind of visionary
leader and proven performer we need to move Xilinx's DSP team and
business forward. His DSP domain and end market expertise will be
extremely valuable in developing high performance DSP solutions
targeted at wireless, video and imaging, and aerospace and defense
applications."
"FPGAs offer a compelling value proposition and significant
technology advantages for high performance DSP applications. Based
on the strengths of its platform FPGAs with dedicated DSP features,
Xilinx has fast become the FPGA industry's leader in the DSP market,"
said Tahernia. "I look forward to leveraging my experience
at Xilinx, as we execute on a leadership strategy for further expanding
the company's role in the DSP marketplace."
Tahernia, 44, joins Xilinx from Motorola where he served in a variety
of leadership positions in the semiconductor and equipment segments
for the past 21 years. His recent assignments at Motorola Semiconductor
included vice president and general manager of the Wireless and
Mobile Systems Division driving chipset platforms including baseband
processors and vice president and director of worldwide strategy
and business development for the Wireless group. Previously, Tahernia
held various management positions in Motorola's Paging Division.
Tahernia holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from
the Georgia Institute of Technology and bachelor's degree in electrical
engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Xilinx XtremeDSP Initiative
Today's announcement reinforces the push by Xilinx to bring the
benefits of FPGAs to high-performance DSP solutions with the introduction
of the Virtex family in 1998 and the launch of its Xilinx XtremeDSP
initiative in 2000. These efforts have since expanded the proven
track record of success and industry milestones upon which the new
DSP Division will build. These include:
- First DSP domain-optimized Platform FPGAs with next-generation
Virtex-4 family
- First Platform FPGAs with dedicated DSP features in Virtex -II
and Virtex-II Pro FPGAs
- First FPGAs supporting DSP MAC functions in Virtex family
- First to market with proven DSP design methodologies through
strategic collaboration with The MathWorks
- Extensive library of proven DSP IP cores and advanced development
boards to accelerate the design cycle and maximize performance.
- Wealth of design resources including design services, dedicated
field specialists, and DSP education classes.
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About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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