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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX R&D CENTRE IN INDIA HELPING CUSTOMERS
WORLDWIDE BENEFIT FROM PROGRAMMABLE CHIP TECHNOLOGIES
Creates 12 IP Cores in first year of operation through partnership
with CMC
HYDERBAD, India, March 17, 2005 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:
XLNX), the world's leading supplier of programmable chips, today
announced that its India development centre, operated by CMC in
Hyderabad, has successfully created 12 Intellectual Property (IP)
cores in its first year of operation. IP cores are off-the-shelf,
pre-defined hardware design modules that Xilinx customers can use
to reduce their design efforts, lower total costs, increase performance
and get to market faster. These IP cores developed in India are
available for use by the Xilinx worldwide customer base of over
7,500 companies with several hundred thousand design engineers generating
50,000 design starts annually. In addition to being verified and
optimized for Xilinx programmable silicon platforms, including advanced
90nm devices, they are suitable for telecommunications, consumer
electronics and automotive applications.
"We placed a bet that India could be an integral part of our
global R&D ecosystem and we won, thanks to our highly-talented
local product development team and our collaboration with CMC,"
said Mr. Wim Roelandts, Chairman, President and CEO of Xilinx. "We
are encouraged by our first-year achievements in our Indian development
centre and will be investing further in this strategic source of
IP cores for our customers around the world."
As a fully operational R&D facility for Xilinx, the Indian development
centre has 30 staff covering the entire product development cycle
including design, verification and testing. Through its strategic
partnership with CMC, Xilinx estimates it has been able to set up
the R&D centre in half the time needed to build one on its own.
CMC's support has also enabled the Xilinx development work in India
to ramp-up immediately with the first three IP cores completed within
the initial three months of the partnership. Based on its early
progress, the Hyderabad-based facility is expected to grow to 300
employees within the next several years as it continues its R&D
work to help Xilinx customers maximize the benefits of programmability
in their product designs.
"Our successful start is a direct result of the commitment
from both Xilinx and CMC to develop a pool of local semiconductor
R&D talent, thereby contributing to the growth of the Indian
IC industry," said Mr. Akshya Prakash, Managing Director of
the Xilinx-CMC India Development Centre. "We look forward to
continuing our partnership with CMC to grow our R&D momentum
and establish Xilinx programmable chips as the preferred IC choice
in India and around the world."
"Our partnership with Xilinx over the past year has met all
our expectations for developing world-class hardware design modules
out of our local R&D centre," said Mr. R. Ramanan, Managing
Director and CEO of CMC. "We have established a viable business
model where the industry-leading programmable chip technologies
of Xilinx and the best-of-breed talent and processes at CMC are
a winning, sustainable combination in the Indian semiconductor market."
About CMC
Incorporated in 1975, CMC is one of the premier Information Technology
solutions providers in India, with a consolidated turnover of Rs.
802 crores for 2003-04. Operating out of 18 offices and 180 service
locations in the country, CMC Limited employs around 3000 people
and has a wholly owned subsidiary in USA called CMC Americas, Inc.
CMC's vision is to operate globally and bring the benefit of Information
Technology to improve the productivity of its customers and the
quality of its customer's products and services. CMC combines horizontal
expertise in Information Technology with its vertical experience
developed by working in a wide range of Industries. After the successful
disinvestment of CMC by the Government of India, CMC has become
a subsidiary of TCS Ltd.,which is Asia's largest software company.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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