Full Description

Xilinx, Inc. (Xilinx), incorporated in February 1984, designs, develops and markets complete programmable logic solutions. These solutions have components, such as integrated circuits (ICs) in the form of programmable logic devices (PLDs); software design tools to program the PLDs; predefined system functions delivered as intellectual property (IP) cores; design services; customer training, and field engineering and technical support. Xilinx’s PLDs include field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs) that its customers program to perform desired logic functions. Its solutions are designed to provide high integration and quick time-to-market for electronic equipment manufacturers in end markets, such as wired and wireless communications, industrial, scientific and medical, aerospace and defense, audio, video and broadcast, consumer, automotive and data processing. The Company sells its products globally through independent domestic and foreign distributors and through direct sales to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) by a network of independent sales representative firms and by a direct sales management organization.

Virtex FPGAs

The Virtex-6 FPGA family consists of 13 devices and is the latest generation Virtex series of FPGAs. Virtex-6 FPGAs are fabricated on a high-performance, 40-nanometer (nm) process technology. The Virtex-6 family comprises three domain-optimized platforms, such as LXT platform, for applications that require high-performance logic, digital signal processing (DSP), and serial connectivity; SXT platform, for applications that require ultra high-performance DSP and serial connectivity, and HXT platform, for communications applications that require the highest-speed serial connectivity. The Virtex-5 FPGA family consists of 26 devices and five platforms: Virtex-5 LX FPGAs for logic-intensive designs, Virtex-5 LXT FPGAs for high-performance logic with serial connectivity, Virtex-5 SXT FPGAs for high-performance DSP with serial connectivity, Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs for embedded processing with serial connectivity and Virtex-5 TXT FPGAs for high-bandwidth serial connectivity.

Spartan FPGAs

The Spartan-6 FPGA family is fabricated on a low-power 45-nanometer process technology. The Spartan-6 family is the PLD industry’s 45- nanometer high-volume FPGA family. The family consists of 11 devices and is delivered on two FPGA platforms: LX platform, for applications that require logic, memory and DSP, and LXT platform, for applications that require LX features plus high-speed serial transceivers.

EasyPath FPGAs

EasyPath FPGAs use the same production masks and fabrication process as standard FPGAs and are tested to a specific customer application. EasyPath FPGAs are available for the higher density devices of the Virtex-II Pro, Virtex-4 and Virtex-5 families. EasyPath FPGAs is also focused to be available for the higher densities of the Virtex-6 families.

CPLDs

CPLDs operate on the low end of the programmable logic density spectrum. CPLDs are single chip, non-volatile solutions characterized by instant-on and universal interconnect. The CoolRunner-II family is the latest generation Xilinx CPLD family with six devices in production.

Software Solutions

The Company offers targeted design platforms comprised of reference designs, target boards, application software, design tools, IP and silicon. Targeted design platforms are organized into three levels: the Base Platform; the Domain-Specific Platform; and the Market-Specific Platform. The Base Platform is the delivery vehicle for all new silicon offerings used to develop and run customer-specific software applications and hardware designs. The Domain-Specific Platform targets one of the three primary Xilinx FPGA user profiles: the embedded processing developer; the DSP developer; or the logic/connectivity developer. The Market-Specific Platform enables software or hardware developers to build and run their specific application or solution. The Xilinx ISE Design Suite features a tool chain for the three domain-specific categories: embedded, DSP and logic/connectivity. The Xilinx ISE Design Suite also integrates with a range of third-party electronic design automation (EDA) software offerings and point-tools.

The Company competes with Altera Corporation, Lattice Semiconductor Corporation and Actel Corporation.