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Xilinx to expand Hyderabad centre

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To come out with 65-nanometre chip soon

HYDERABAD: Xilinx Inc., one of the leading suppliers of programmable chips, has announced aggressive plans for expansion of its Hyderabad development centre by setting up centres of excellence in the emerging technology areas.

The company has already produced 24 Indian designed IP cores from the Hyderabad centre through its centres of excellence in automobile, process embedded and serial I/O, which are available to the company's worldwide customer base of over 7,500 companies. "The designs originated in India have generated $50 million revenue for the company," Xilinx Chairman and CEO, Wim Roelandts, has said. Mr. Roelandts told reporters here on Wednesday that the semiconductor industry was expected to grow at ten per cent in the coming years in the second generation internet revolution caused by the emergence of voice and video streaming technologies. Xilinx, which was a pioneer in high-end technologies, was eyeing a growth of 20 per cent in the coming years.

The company, which introduced the 90-nanometre chip to the industry for the first time, is all set to come out with a 65-nanometre chip shortly and a 45-nanometre chip subsequently. "The advent of new technologies is fuelling the growth of consumer electronics and automobile segments where we have a cutting edge," he said.

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