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==Company overview==

Xilinx was founded in [[Silicon Valley]] in 1984 and is headquartered in [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], United States. The company also has offices in [[Longmont]], United States; [[Dublin]], Ireland; [[Singapore]]; [[Hyderabad]], India; [[Beijing]], China; [[Shanghai]], China; [[Brisbane]], Australia, [[Tokyo]], Japan and [[Yerevan]], Armenia.<ref name="four">Funding Universe. "[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Xilinx-Inc-Company-History.html Xilinx, Inc.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104072422/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/xilinx-inc-history/ |date=2013-11-04 }}" Retrieved January 15, 2009.</ref><ref>Cai Yan, [[EE Times]]. "[http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4070772/Xilinx-testing-out-China-training-program Xilinx testing out China training program] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523202247/http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4070772/Xilinx-testing-out-China-training-program |date=2013-05-23 }}." Mar 27, 2007. Retrieved Dec 19, 2012.</ref>

According to Bill Carter, former [[Chief technology officer|CTO]] and current{{when|date=February 2023}} fellow at Xilinx, the choice of the name Xilinx refers to the [[chemical symbol]] for [[silicon]] Si.<ref name=":6" />{{how|date=December 2021}}{{failed verification|date=February 2023}} The "linx" represents programmable links that connect programmable logic blocks together. The 'X's at each end represent the programmable logic blocks.<ref name="three"/>{{citation needed|date=February 2023|reason=the only citation here is a permanent dead link}}

Xilinx sold a broad range of [[field programmable gate array]]s (FPGAs), and [[complex programmable logic device]]s (CPLDs), design tools, [[intellectual property]], and reference designs.<ref name="two">{{cite web|title=Xilinx|url=http://www.xilinx.com/|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-date=February 5, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205124515/http://www.xilinx.com/company/history.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Xilinx customers represent just over half of the entire programmable logic market, at 51%.<ref name="two"/><ref name="six"/><ref name="twentythree">{{Cite web |url=http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/21/212763/Q309/xlnxfactsheetQ3FY09.pdf |title=Xilinx Fact Sheet |access-date=2009-01-29 |archive-date=2012-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105174526/http://media.corporate-ir.net/media_files/irol/21/212763/Q309/xlnxfactsheetQ3FY09.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Altera]] is Xilinx's strongest competitor with 34% of the market. Other key players in this market are [[Actel]] (now subsidiary of [[Microchip Technology|Microsemi]]) and [[Lattice Semiconductor]].<ref name="eleven"/>