Xilinx Announces 2014 Fiscal Q3 Results; 28nm Sales Reach $100 Million

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Jan. 21, 2014 -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced third quarter fiscal 2014 sales of $587 million, down 2% from the prior quarter and up 15% from the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. Third quarter fiscal 2014 net income was $176 million or $0.61 per diluted share; including the reversal of a litigation reserve with a net impact of $19 million, or $0.06 per diluted share.

The Xilinx Board of Directors announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per outstanding share of common stock, payable on February 27, 2014 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on February 6, 2014.

Additional third quarter comparisons are represented in the charts below:

GAAP Results
(In millions, except EPS)

	Q3 FY 2014	Q2 FY 2014	Q3 FY 2013	Growth Rates
				Q-T-Q	Y-T-Y
Net revenues	$586.8	$598.9	$509.8	-2%	15%
Operating income	$202.7	$163.8	$120.8	24%	68%
Net income	$175.9	$141.5	$103.6	24%	70%
Diluted earnings per share	$0.61	$0.49	$0.38	24%	61%

"Sales from Xilinx's 28nm products were $100 million in the December quarter, driven by particularly strong and broad-based Kintex™-7 sales. Sales from the Zynq™-7000 product family were also strong during the quarter, more than doubling sequentially, as key designs in wireless communication, industrial and aerospace and defense applications commenced production," said Moshe Gavrielov, Xilinx President and Chief Executive Officer. "The phenomenal success of our 28nm product families has driven Xilinx PLD share gains for the second consecutive calendar year."

Net Revenues by Geography:

	Percentages			Growth Rates
	Q3 FY 2014	Q2 FY 2014	Q3 FY 2013	Q-T-Q	Y-T-Y
North America	29%	31%	32%	-9%	5%
Asia Pacific	40%	38%	34%	3%	36%
Europe	22%	22%	24%	-5%	4%
Japan	9%	9%	10%	6%	5%

Net Revenues by End Market:

	Percentages			Growth Rates
	Q3 FY 2014	Q2 FY 2014	Q3 FY 2013	Q-T-Q	Y-T-Y
Communications & Data Center	44%	43%	47%	0%	9%
Industrial, Aerospace & Defense	37%	38%	36%	-5%	18%
Broadcast, Consumer & Automotive	16%	16%	15%	-3%	22%
Other	3%	3%	2%	9%	40%

Net Revenues by Product:

	Percentages			Growth Rates
	Q3 FY 2014	Q2 FY 2014	Q3 FY 2013	Q-T-Q	Y-T-Y
New	38%	36%	25%	5%	79%
Mainstream	33%	34%	41%	-5%	-10%
Base	26%	27%	30%	-7%	0%
Support	3%	3%	4%	-5%	-7%

Products are classified as follows:

• New products: Virtex®‐7, Kintex‐7, Artix™-7, Zynq-7000, Virtex‐6, Spartan™‐6 products
• Mainstream products: Virtex‐5, Spartan‐3 and CoolRunner™‐II products
• Base products: Virtex‐4, Virtex‐II, Virtex‐E, Virtex, Spartan-II, Spartan, CoolRunner and XC9500 products
• Support products: Configuration solutions, HardWire, Software & Support/Services

Key Statistics:
(Dollars in millions)

	Q3 FY 2014	Q2 FY 2014	Q3 FY 2013
Annual Return on Equity (%)*	20	19	17
Operating Cash Flow	$216	$255	$123
Depreciation Expense	$14	$14	$14
Capital Expenditures	$11	$8	$8
Combined Inventory Days	114	102	131
Revenue Turns (%)	52	54	58

*Return on equity calculation: Annualized net income/average equities, including temporary equity

Highlights - December Quarter Fiscal 2014

• Xilinx shipped the industry's first 20nm product in November 2013, continuing to execute on an aggressive rollout of its All Programmable UltraScale™ portfolio. The UltraScale product portfolio delivers the industry's only ASIC-class programmable architecture and extends Xilinx's market leading Kintex, and Virtex FPGA and 3D IC families. When combined with Vivado™ and the recently introduced UltraFast™ design methodology, Ultrascale devices enable next generation smarter systems such as 400G OTN, WCDMA Radio, and Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance and high performance computing applications for the data center.
• Xilinx announced a record breaking 4.4M logic cell device, more than doubling its industry leading highest capacity Virtex-7 device. This is Xilinx's second generation Stacked Silicon Interconnect technology built on TSMC's CoWoS manufacturing technology, enabling Xilinx to deliver devices with 2-4X the capacity of competing devices and continue to stay ahead of what Moore's Law could otherwise offer.

Business Outlook - March Quarter Fiscal 2014

• Sales are expected to be up 2% to up 6% sequentially.
• Gross margin is expected to be approximately 68%.
• Operating expenses are expected to be approximately $226 million, including $2.5 million of amortization of acquisition-related intangibles.
• Other income and expenses are expected to be a net expense of approximately $7 million.
• Fully diluted share count is expected to be approximately 289 million.
• March quarter tax rate is expected to be approximately 13%.

Conference Call

A conference call will be held today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss the December quarter financial results and management's outlook for the March quarter. The webcast and subsequent replay will be available in the Investor Relations section of the Company's web site at www.investor.xilinx.com. A telephonic replay of the call may be accessed later in the day by calling (855) 859-2056 and referencing confirmation code 30665781. The telephonic replay will be available for two weeks following the live call.

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About Xilinx

Xilinx develops All Programmable technologies and devices, beyond hardware to software, digital to analog, and single to multiple die in 3D ICs. These industry leading devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable logic to programmable systems integration. For more information visit www.xilinx.com.