Xilinx Press Release #0744
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX WINS MULTIPLE PRESTIGIOUS AWARDS FOR
CORPORATE COMMITMENT AND PRODUCT LEADERSHIP IN CHINA
- Chinese electronics designers select Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA family – industry’s first 65nm FPGAs – as “Product of the Year” in EE Times China Annual Creativity in Electronics Award 2007
- Panel of expert judges also choose Xilinx as finalist for “Company of the Year” in EE Times China Annual Creativity in Electronics Award 2007
- Xilinx continues to rank in “Top 10 Most Popular Semiconductor Brand in China” for 2006, awarded by China Electronics News and China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID) Consulting Group
Beijing, China, March 12, 2007 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the world’s leading supplier of programmable logic solutions, today announced that it has been recognized by Chinese electronics designers and the local semiconductor industry for its corporate commitment and product leadership in China. The Xilinx Virtex™-5 family of platform FPGAs, shipping on 65nm since May 2006, won “Product of the Year” in the Logic and Programmable Logic category of EE Times China Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards in 2007. The company also placed as a finalist for “Company of the Year” in the Best Brand of the Year category for EE Times China ACE Awards in 2007. The EE Times China ACE Awards were presented at the 12th International IC China Conference and Exhibition on March 5 in Shenzhen. Xilinx also ranked as one of the “Top 10 Most Popular Semiconductor Brands in China” for 2006 by China Electronics News (CEN) and China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID) Consulting Group. The CEN/CCID Top 10 award was presented at IC Market China 2007 on March 7 in Shanghai.
“We are honored to receive these votes of acceptance from the design community and strong endorsement from industry players in China, one of our most important markets in the world,” said Wim Roelandts, chairman, president and CEO of Xilinx. “By making strategic investments to support local industry development and being first to provide advanced 65nm programmable logic solutions to Chinese design engineers, we are achieving our goal to enable China’s drive for world-class local technological innovation. These prestigious industry awards encourage us to continue our long-term commitment to our Chinese customers and partners and we sincerely thank everyone in China who voted for Virtex-5 and recognized our local industry development efforts.”
Xilinx Increases Product Leadership in China with Virtex-5 FPGAs
Built upon the industry’s most advanced 65nm triple-oxide technology, breakthrough new ExpressFabric™ technology and proven ASMBL™ architecture, the Virtex-5 family represents the fifth generation in the award-winning Virtex product line. Key design team innovations in process technology, architecture and product development methodology have provided 65nm Virtex-5 devices with on average 30 percent higher speed, 65 percent increased capacity, 35 percent reduction in dynamic power consumption and 45 percent less area required than previous generation 90nm FPGAs. Virtex-5 FPGAs, the world’s first 65nm FPGAs are available now with 12 devices shipping across three platforms (LX, LXT, SXT). For more information and online purchase visit www.xilinx.com/virtex5.
“Xilinx, a very famous PLD player providing advanced technologies to the electronics design community, has received wide recognition from Chinese engineers for its 65nm Virtex-5 FPGA family,” said Mr.Yorbe Zhang, Editor-in-Chief, EE Times China. “Chinese electronics designers voted overwhelmingly for Virtex-5 FPGAs as they appreciate the competitive advantages and benefits that it provides in terms of unprecedented performance, power and density gains. The Virtex-5 FPGA is an example of product excellence that facilitates innovative electronics design in China and thus deservedly wins our Product of the Year ACE award.”
Xilinx Expands Corporate Commitment to High-Growth China Market
Xilinx’s goal is to build a long-term sustainable presence in the high-growth Chinese semiconductor market by enabling the local electronics design community to develop new technologies and create world-class products. Today Xilinx is the #1 PLD supplier in China with 59 percent market segment share* and China ranks as the third largest country revenue for the company behind the US and Japan. The company’s commitment to China includes expanding its local presence to increase support for Chinese customers, growing partnerships to develop the Chinese ecosystem, investing in Chinese companies that create new applications and solutions based on programmable logic, and educating future Chinese engineering talent through an active university program. For example, Xilinx has two product division teams based in China responsible for high-performance FPGA-based DSP/embedded processing solutions and low-cost FPGA-based consumer applications. In addition, as the only PLD player to be a senior member of the TD-SCDMA Forum, Xilinx takes part in technical exchange activities and helps promote the development and use of TD-SCDMA technology in China.
Liu Dong, Editor-in-Chief, China Electronics News, commented, “As one of the top 10 award winners, Xilinx was chosen for its outstanding business performance and company growth in China in 2006; its strong plans for increasing local presence and support for the Chinese IC market; and its widespread contributions towards the innovations of local system-level electronics customers.”
At the same time, the EE Times China ACE Awards expert judges have recognized Xilinx as a finalist for Company of the Year based on the high level of brand awareness and industry leadership in China over the past 12 months achieved through intensive marketing campaigns and focused business development activities. Xilinx was short listed for this award along with other industry leaders such as Analog Devices, Freescale Semiconductor and Texas Instruments.
About EE Times China ACE Awards
The EE Times-China Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards recognizes outstanding achievements of brands, companies and products by exhibiting market leadership and excellence in mainland China's electronics industry. Winners for Product of the Year were determined by public online voting from December 20, 2006 through January 19, 2007. Winners for Company of the Year were determined by a panel of independent judges. Awards were presented and winners were honored at the EE Times China ACE Awards ceremony held in conjunction with the 12th International IC-China Conference and Exhibition (IIC-China) in Shenzhen on March 5, 2007. Winners are posted on the EE Times-China website at www.eetchina.com/ace and will be featured in a special editorial section in the May 1-15, 2007 issue of EE Times China.
About CEN/CCID Top 10 Most Popular Semiconductor Brands in China Award
A group of experts from the China Semiconductor Industry Association (CSIA) evaluated over 40 leading local and international semiconductor companies in this competition. They based their rankings on survey results from over 14,000 industry professionals of complete-system semiconductor manufacturers in China as well as documents submitted by the candidate companies. China Electronics News and China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID) Consulting Group presented the awards to the winners at IC Market China, the annual gathering for CSIA.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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