Altra Broadband Teams With Xilinx To Deliver Two Microsecond 1024 Point FFT

Communications Start-Up Achieves Blazing DSP Performance Using Xilinx Virtex-II FPGAs

SAN JOSE, CA--(INTERNET WIRE)--Mar 27, 2002 -- Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX), develops communications semiconductors, subsystems and related intellectual property for the broadband communications market. The Company's products improve bandwidth efficiency allowing network equipment manufacturers to develop cost-effective network solutions that increase the capacity, extend the reach and improve the flexibility of existing and next generation broadband networks. Using advanced signal processing and automated design techniques, Altra plans to be a provider of silicon integrated circuits and subsystems for the largest and fastest growing broadband communications markets.

About Xilinx

Xilinx is the leading supplier of complete programmable logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time required to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation, aerospace, defense, and low-power portable and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site at www.xilinx.com.