Xilinx

Xilinx is a leading global supplier of complete programmable logic solutions. Xilinx develops, manufactures, and sells a wide range of advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, and IP (Intelligent Property) cores as predefined system level functions. Customers use Xilinx and its partners' automated software tools and IP verification devices for programming to complete specific logical operations.

Xilinx Company was founded in 1984. Xilinx pioneered the innovative technology of Field Programmable Logic Array (FPGA) and launched its first commercial product in 1985. Currently, Xilinx meets more than half of the world's demand for FPGA products. The Xilinx product line also includes Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs). In some control applications, CPLD is usually faster than FPGA, but it provides less logical resources. Xilinx programmable logic solutions have shortened the time for electronic device manufacturers to develop products and accelerated the speed of product launch, thereby reducing manufacturers' risks. Compared to traditional methods such as fixed logic gate arrays, using Xilinx programmable devices allows customers to design and verify their circuits faster. Moreover, as Xilinx devices are standard components that only require programming, customers do not need to wait for samples or incur significant costs like when using fixed logic chips. Xilinx products have been widely used in digital electronic applications ranging from wireless telephone base stations to DVD players.

Traditional semiconductor companies have only a few hundred customers, while Xilinx has over 7500 customers and over 50000 design startups worldwide. Its customers include Alcatel, Cisco Systems, EMC, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, NEC, Nokia, Nortel, Samsung, Siemens, Sony, Oracle, and Toshiba.

Xilinx Company, headquartered in San Jose, California, is a NASDAQ listed company with the code XLNX. Xilinx Company has approximately 2600 employees worldwide, of which approximately half are software development engineers. Despite sluggish economic development and weak technological development, Xilinx's fiscal year 2003 saw stable financial revenue. Xilinx is widely regarded as the best managed and financially sound high-tech enterprise in the semiconductor industry. In Fortune Magazine's 2003 "100 Best Companies to Work for" ranking, Xilinx ranks high and is widely regarded as the best managed and financially sound high-tech enterprise in the semiconductor industry. The San Francisco Chronicle also selected Xilinx as one of the fifty most suitable companies for work in Silicon Valley. Xilinx ranks among the top 50 best performing companies in Business Week S&P500 and has been named one of the 400 best large companies by Forbes magazine. Xilinx's two customers, Cisco and Lucent, selected Xilinx as their company's supplier of the year.