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Xilinx Puts Spotlight on Design Tips and System Development at First Ever FPGA Summit

What: FPGA Summit (http://www.fpgasummit.com) Where: Wyndham Hotel, San Jose, Calif. When: December 9-11, 2008

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- FPGA, development tool, DSP and embedded experts from Xilinx(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) will be presenting the advantages of using programmable logic for advanced electronic product development at the first ever FPGA Summit, Dec. 9-11 at the Wyndham Hotel in San Jose. Xilinx experts will be delivering in-depth tutorials, technical papers, panel discussions and expert tables on many topics ranging from basic design tips, to complex embedded and DSP system designs for specific applications and markets.

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    The following is a list of Xilinx activities throughout the FPGA Summit.

    Tutorials:
    Topic:     Security Solutions with Partial Reconfiguration
    Speaker:   Eric Shiflet
    Time:      8:30AM - Noon
    Date:      December 9


    Topic:     High Definition DVI/HDMI Video Design Using Spartan(TM)-3A
               TMDS I/O
    Speaker:   Bob Feng
    Time:      1:00 - 5:00PM
    Date:      December 9


    Topic:     Video System Design with Simulink and Xilinx FPGAs
    Speakers:  Tim Vanevenhoven (with Alan Hwang, The MathWorks)
    Time:      1:00 - 5:00PM
    Date:      December 9


    Topic:     Power Optimization for FPGA Designs
    Speaker:   Matt Klein
    Time:      2:40 - 5:00PM
    Date:      December 10


    Topic:     Platform FPGA Automated Regression Test Methodology
    Speakers:  Peter Ryser and Dan Isaacs
    Time:      2:40 - 5:00PM
    Date:      December 10


    Hands on Sessions:
    Topic:     Synchronous DRAM Interfaces in Xilinx FPGAs
    Speakers:  Oliver Garreau and Adrian Cosoroaba
    Time:      8:30AM - Noon
    Date:      December 9


    Topic:     Introduction to Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) and
               MicroBlaze(TM)
    Speaker:   Troy Jones (Avnet)
    Time:      1:00 - 5:00PM
    Date:      December 9


    Panels:
    Topic:     Year in Review
    Speaker:   Dan Isaacs
    Time:      5:00 - 7:00PM
    Date:      December 9


    Topic:     Design Tips
    Speaker:   Dan Isaacs
    Time:      8:30 - 11:10AM
    Date:      December 10


    Topic:     Top Ten Things You Need to Know About FPGAs Today
    Speaker:   Navneet Rao
    Time:      2:00 - 3:00PM
    Date:      December 11


    Papers:
    Topic:     Breaking the Gigahertz Barrier with Software Offload
               Engines (SOEs)
    Speaker:   Glenn Steiner
    Time:      8:30 - 9:45AM
    Date:      December 10


    Topic:     Analyzing Programmable SoC Processing for High-Performance
               Streaming Applications
    Speakers:  Dan Isaacs (with David Pellerin, Impulsa Accelerated
               Technologies)
    Time:      10:05 - 11:10AM
    Date:      December 10


    Chat with the Experts:
    Bob Feng: Consumer Applications
    Eric Shiflet (with Rich Fetik, Data Confidential): Security
    Glenn Steiner: High-Performance Computing
    Time:      7:00 - 8:30PM
    Date:      December 10

About The FPGA Summit

The FPGA Summit is the only practitioner-oriented conference dedicated entirely to FPGAs and their applications. It is intended for system designers, hardware and software engineers, product marketing and marketing communications specialists, test engineers and engineering and marketing managers. It features keynote, half-day tutorials, paper and panel sessions, and expert tables. Subjects include reconfigurable computing, communications/networking applications, DSP applications, verification, military/defense applications, low power design, computer applications, market research, design tips, testing and reliability, on-board processors and security. The Summit also includes exhibits of latest products. For more information, visit http://www.fpgasummit.com.

About Xilinx

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


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     Editorial Contacts:
     Bruce Fienberg
     Xilinx, Inc.
     (408) 879-4631
     bruce.fienberg@xilinx.com

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