Xilinx Raises December Quarter Sales Guidance

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Dec. 8, 2009-- Xilinx, Inc. today provided updated sales guidance for the December quarter of fiscal 2010.

• December quarter sales are expected to be up approximately 16% to 20% sequentially. This is a revision from previous sales guidance of up approximately 6% to 10% sequentially. The increased sales guidance is primarily due to broad-based strength across all our end market categories and geographies.
• Gross margin is expected to be approximately 64%, up from prior guidance of approximately 62% to 63%.

No conference call will be held in conjunction with this guidance revision. Additional commentary pertaining to the quarter will be available when the company reports its third quarter financial results on January 20, 2010.

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Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions. Additional information about Xilinx is available athttp://www.xilinx.com.