Huawei Names Xilinx '2012 Excellent Core Partner' for 28nm Technology Leadership, Quality, Product Delivery & Support

Company scores 100 percent on Huawei's quality scorecard for outstanding support of its business success and global expansion throughout 2012

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 11, 2012 -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that it has been named "2012 Excellent Core Partner" by Huawei Technology Co., Ltd., a global leader in providing next-generation telecommunications networking solutions to the world's top telecommunications operators.

Xilinx was recognized for excellence in 28nm technology leadership, quality, response, product delivery and cost at Huawei's Annual 2012 Core Partner Convention in Shenzhen, China. In 2012, Xilinx delivered an extra generation of system performance, low power and programmable system integration with the industry's broadest portfolio of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs, 3D ICs and Vivado™ Design Suite, enabling Huawei to build smarter, more integrated, bandwidth-hungry systems for networking, wireless, enterprise and device applications.

Of more than one thousand suppliers, Huawei granted awards to an elite set of companies that have set the bar for outstanding support of its business success and global expansion throughout 2012.  In recognition for achieving a 'perfect 10' in consecutive quarters on Huawei's quality scorecard, Xilinx was also invited to participate in the Huawei Collaboration Panel to share quality best practices. Vincent Tong, senior vice president of worldwide quality and new product introductions, joined a group of panelists from EnerSys, JDSU, Murata Manufacturing, Ltd., RFS (Radio Frequency Systems) and Rosenberger.

"We're delighted to accept – and share –  this prestigious award with the dozens of outstanding engineers and design teams we've had the pleasure of working with over the past year to deliver the highest value to Huawei customers," said Tong. "Together, we reached new heights this year in a partnership that spans more than a decade.  It is a proud achievement for all of Xilinx to be acknowledged for exceptional technology leadership, quality, response, product delivery and cost throughout 2012."

Over the past year, Xilinx® All Programmable 28nm devices were deployed across dozens of engineering teams at Huawei for breakthrough wired, wireless and enterprise networking products, built with Artix™-7, Kintex™-7 and Virtex®-7 FPGAs, and Zynq™-7000 All Programmable SoCs, using the company's IP and system-centric Vivado Design Suite to accelerate time-to-integration and implementation.       

In the coming year, Xilinx is committed to delivering even greater value to a broader set of product development teams at Huawei, enabling them to maximize system value and get to market faster with adaptability, reuse, and rapid upgrade cycles – thereby making it possible for operators to be more efficient in utilizing bandwidth, maximizing quality of service, and minimizing total cost.

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Xilinx is the world's leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs and 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.