Xilinx And DigitalMentors Team Up To Offer e-Learning Solutions For Home Networking And Digital Video

SAN JOSE, CA--(INTERNET WIRE)--Feb 12, 2002 -- Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced a joint collaboration with DigitalMentors, a leading supplier of e-learning and certification solutions, to provide the world's first web e-learning center dedicated to home networking and digital video industries. The new e-learning center features a library of more than 100 segments and is designed for technology professionals, infrastructure operators, and device manufacturers, who want to learn more about the evolving home networking and digital video markets. DigitalMentors also provides certification courses that focus specifically on key areas of home networking. As part of the alliance with Xilinx, DigitalMentors is providing three months free access to two e-learning titles on digital set-top boxes and residential gateways to those who register by March 15, 2002 at www.xilinx.com/esp.

"This new training tool offers companies and individuals an effective way both in terms of time and money, to update their home networking and digital video skills," said Gerard O'Driscoll, chairman and CEO of DigitalMentors. "We're taking an innovative approach in the way people learn today about evolving digital technologies."

"It is clear that home networking is still a relatively new market that sparks the continued need for more education," said Robert Bielby, senior director of strategic solutions marketing at Xilinx. "DigitalMentor's e-Learning tool is a valuable addition to our eSP home networking portal and a great way to get quickly up to speed on the latest advances in home networking and digital video technologies."

About Xilinx eSP

Xilinx eSP (www.xilinx.com/esp) is the industry's first web portal dedicated to accelerating the design and development of consumer products based upon emerging standards and protocols. The eSP website is a comprehensive resource, delivering a powerful array of solutions and information in a single location. Solutions found on the site range from reference boards to IP cores and result from collaboration with a wide range of industry leaders. The site focuses not only on home networking, but has additional segments on wireless LANs and PANs, and digital video technologies.

About DigitalMentors

DigitalMentors is an e-learning solution and certification company committed to providing courseware, certification programs and integrated e-learning solutions, to address the training needs of the global digital television and home networking industries. DigitalMentors content is distributed to corporations and organizations through its customized e-learning portal at learning.digitalmentors.com. The Digital Television Certified Professional (DTCP) and Home Networking Certified Professional (HNCP) programs offered by DigitalMentors creates the professional skills required to develop and implement solutions in the age of digital convergence. The company is headquartered at the Innovation center, Plassey Technological Park, Limerick, Ireland. For more information, visit us at www.digitalmentors.com.

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.