Xilinx Announces Metro-Optical Networking Forum

Premier Event Addresses The Challenges And Solutions For Metro Area And Edge Access Networks

SAN JOSE, CA--(INTERNET WIRE)--May 20, 2002 -- Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) a Fortune 500 company with fiscal 2001 sales of $12.8 billion (year ended June 30, 2001). One of the world's largest distributor of semiconductors, interconnect, passive and electromechanical components from leading manufacturers, Avnet EM markets, inventories and adds value to these products and provides world-class supply-chain management and engineering design services. Avnet EM serves customers in 63 countries. The company's Web site is located at www.avnet.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.