Xilinx at IDF 2008

What: Intel Developers Forum

When: August 19-21, 2008

Where: Moscone Center West San Francisco, CA Booth # 723 in 'PCI Express Technology'

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that it will showcase its industry-leading programmable logic solutions for the PCI Express(R) protocol at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF), August 19-21, 2008 in San Francisco. Attendees can see demonstrations based on Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 FPGAs with built-in integrated blocks for low-power GTP transceivers, high-performance GTX transceivers and the PCI Express interface.

Xilinx enables rapid development of PCI Express applications with protocol packs and ready-to-use development kits. The protocol pack for PCI Express applications includes characterization, interoperability, and compliance reports, intellectual property (IP) cores and technical documentation. Xilinx development kits for PCI Express applications come with an out-of-the-box guarantee and includes all the components needed to quickly complete a PCI Express design. For more information and pricing visit http://www.xilinx.com/pciexpress.

Product Demonstrations

Xilinx will exhibit PCI Express solutions that deliver enhanced system-level performance for a broad range of applications.

-- Virtex-5 FXT platform demonstration: 4-lane PCIe 2.0 IP using high performance GTX transceivers demonstrating >10G bandwidth DMA data transfer between the Xilinx FPGA and processor sub-system.

-- Virtex-5 LXT platform demonstration: High-performance system-level design using built-in blocks for GTP transceivers and 8-lane PCIe 1.0 IP LogiCORE(TM) implementing a 10G application also using the XAUI IP LogiCORE.

About Intel Developers Forum

Intel Developer Forum (IDF) is where Intel and the ecosystem come together to share their latest innovations and vision for the future of technology. Come hear industry news, learn about trends, and discover opportunities to integrate what is discussed into your projects. For more information, visit http://www.intel.com/idf/.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com/.

XILINX, the Xilinx Logo, Virtex, Spartan, ISE and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of Xilinx in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. PCI, PCIe and PCI Express are trademarks of PCI-SIG and used under license.

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