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Mission History Facilities Marketshare Xilinx Users Revenue Why Xilnx Agenda Mission History Facilities Marketshare Xilinx Users Revenue Why Xilnx

The Xilinx Mission Software Silicon Service Help our customers bring their products to market faster by providing the most innovative programmable logic solutions, including off-the-shelf integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system level functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Silicon Software Service

Company Milestones 1984 Xilinx Founded 1985 Introduced first field programmable gate array (FPGA) 1987 Introduced second family of FPGAs 1988 Established subsidiary in Japan 1989 More than one million devices sold 1990 Initial public offering 1991 Introduced third family of FPGAs 1992 Expanded into complex programmable logic (CPLDs) 1993 Established Xilinx Hong Kong 1995 Xilinx ranked 10th largest ASIC supplier; Xilinx Ireland opens 1996 Xilinx ranked 8th largest ASIC supplier 1997 Industry’s first advanced 0.35 & 0.25 micron FPGAs 1998 Introduced low-cost Spartan FPGAs, CORE Generator

1,100 Employees in San Jose Area International Presence Headquarters, North American Manufacturing: San Jose, CA Software tools development: Boulder, CO Manufacturing, software, IC design: Dublin, Ireland R&D: Edinburgh, Scotland Xilinx Asia Pacific: Hong Kong Xilinx Europe: London Xilinx KK: Tokyo 1,400 Employees Worldwide 1,100 Employees in San Jose Area

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Xilinx vs. Competitors 1997 Calendar Year Revenues $ Millions Source: Company reports & In-Stat

Programmable Logic Takes Market Share from Others Total 1997 Market – $9.5B Total 2002 Market – $12.0B Mask Programmed Gate Arrays $4.0B Mask Programmed Gate Arrays $5.2B 34% 55% 23% 22% 23% 43% Discrete Logic $2.2B Programmable Logic Share $2.1B Discrete Logic $2.8B Programmable Logic Share $5.2B Source: Dataquest, May 1998

Where Xilinx Fits in the Electronics Industry Key components of an electronics system Processor Memory Logic Xilinx is the Leading Innovator of Complete Programmable Logic Solutions

Military, High Reliability Who’s Using Xilinx Networking Industrial & Instrumentation Military, High Reliability 12% 16% 4% 1% Misc 32% 35% Data Processing Communications Source: Xilinx 2

Representative Customers Alcatel Boeing Cisco Eastman Kodak EMC Ericsson Fujitsu Hewlett-Packard Hitachi IBM Lockheed-Martin Lucent Motorola Nortel Rockwell Sun Microsystems Silicon Graphics Texas Instruments 3

How Customers Use Programmable Logic Xilinx Provides Standard Parts “Blank” Integrated Circuits Customers Create Custom Circuits with Xilinx Software Tools When Design Is Final, Customers Go into Immediate Production 4

Market Segments Communications Computers Instruments Medical equipment Networks Consumer electronics 5

Xilinx Application Examples Broadcast Communications HDTV CATV (Scramblers & Decoders) Satellite Links Studio Equipment Video Disk Recorder Consumer Digital Audio Decoder Arcade Games Video Games Karaoke Systems Transportation Railway Systems Auto Digital Audio Systems Industrial Test And Measurement Equipment Medical Equipment Motor/Motion Control Semi. Processing Equipment PC Projection Units Robotics ASIC Emulators Postage Systems Vision Systems µP Emulators Lottery Systems Military Computer And Communications Systems Missile Guidance Avionics Fire Control Computer Memory Interfaces DMA Controllers Local And Mezzanine Bus Interfaces Cache Controllers SSP Co-Processors Multi-Media Graphics Peripherals Disk Controllers Video Controllers FAX (Incl. PCMCIA) Barcode Readers Teller Machines Tape Controllers Sound Cards Modems (Incl. PCMCIA) POS Systems Data Acquisition Cards Terminals Printers Scanners Copiers Data Communications Multiplexers Routers Video Conferencing Encryption/Decryption Switches Bridges Modems (incl. PCMCIA) Data Compression LAN Hubs FDDI Wireless LANS (Incl. PCMCIA) Telecommunications Central Office Switches SONET Interfaces Cellular Base Stations Auto. Directory Assistance Fiber Optic Interfaces ATM ISDN Interfaces Voice-Mail Controllers PBX Equipment T1 Multiplexers Speech Synthesis Pay Phone Control

Why Customers Turn to Xilinx Faster design time than gate arrays – weeks versus months No up front engineering charges No waiting for prototypes 3 6

Xilinx Revenue Growth 1990–1998 Fiscal Year Revenues $ Millions $613 $568 $561 $355 $256 $178 $136 $98 $50 Fiscal year ends March 31

Worldwide Sales Japan Rest of World Europe 10% 5% 22% 63% North America Source: Xilinx 2

Strategic Business Model Ensures Focus “Fabless” strategy Leading edge IC process technology Wafer capacity at competitive prices Fastest, lowest cost, densest parts Independent sales organization Sales is a variable cost Permits greater reach—over 15,000 customers Focus on key strengths Research and development Marketing Applications engineering 1

The Benefits of Adopting Leading Edge Process Technology Smaller parts Faster performance Lower costs More die per wafer Increased reliability Size of Die from Older Process Size of Die from Newer Process Same Size Wafers 2

Process Technology Leadership Roadmap Feature Size (µm) 5V “cost reduction line” has been valid for >10 years 5.0 V 3.3 V 2.5 V 1.8 V Year 3

Competitive Advantages Customer focus Unparalleled customer support Committed to providing complete solution Dedicated leader in research and development Superior management of product life cycle Market leader in FPGA technology Performance, density, low power, software Unsurpassed financial management 4

Why Xilinx? Silicon Software Service Process Technology Largest, fastest, lowest power FPGAs Lowest cost CPLDs Software Alliance Series: HDL, synthesis, EDA integration, optimization Foundation Series: ready to use, complete solutions LogiCORES & AllianceCORES: optimized and supported CORE Generator: delivery vehicle for paramaterized cores Service Most comprehensive field and on-line technical support Advanced Internet Web solutions Process Technology Deep submicron capacity — Sampling 0.25 micron now Better price, performance, density