Xilinx is the world's leading supplier of complete programmable logic solutions. Xilinx develops, manufactures and sells a wide range of advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, and IP (Intellectual Property) cores as predefined system-level functions. Customers use Xilinx and its partners' automated software tools and IP checking to program devices to perform specific logic operations. Founded in 1984, Xilinx pioneered the innovative technology of Field Programmable Logic Arrays (FPGAs) and first commercialized products in 1985. Xilinx currently meets more than half of the world's demand for FPGA products. The Xilinx product line also includes Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs). CPLDs are usually faster than FPGAs in some control applications, but they provide fewer logic resources. Xilinx programmable logic solutions reduce the risk for manufacturers by reducing the time to develop products and speeding time to market for electronic equipment manufacturers. With Xilinx programmable devices, customers can design and verify their circuits faster than with traditional methods such as fixed logic gate arrays. And, because Xilinx devices are standard parts that only need to be programmed, customers don't need to wait for samples or pay huge costs as they do with fixed logic chips. Xilinx products have been widely used in digital electronic applications from wireless telephone base stations to DVD players.