SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced third quarter fiscal 2016 sales of $566 million, up 7% from the prior quarter and down 5% from the same quarter of the prior fiscal year. Third quarter fiscal 2016 net income was $131 million, or $0.49 per diluted share.

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The Xilinx Board of Directors announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.31 per outstanding share of common stock, payable on March 16, 2016 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on March 2, 2016.

Additional third quarter comparisons are set forth in the charts below:



     GAAP
     Results
     (In
     millions,
     except
     EPS)


                                                         Growth Rates

                 Q3            Q2            Q3

               FY 2016       FY 2016       FY 2015          Q-T-Q        Y-T-Y
               -------       -------       -------          -----        -----

     Net
     revenues           $566          $528          $594              7%        -5%

     Operating
     income             $160          $153          $190              5%       -16%

     Net
     income             $131          $127          $168              3%       -22%

     Diluted
     earnings
     per
     share             $0.49         $0.48         $0.62              2%       -21%

"New product sales were exceptionally strong during the quarter increasing 18% sequentially, enabling Xilinx to reach the high-end of our sales guidance. Both our 7-series and UltraScale families reached new sales records during the quarter, driven by a very broad base of end markets," said Moshe Gavrielov, Xilinx President and Chief Executive Officer. "During the quarter we continued to execute on the delivery of our next-generation UltraScale+ family by launching public access development support for these families. This closely follows the first shipment of the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoc last quarter, which was ahead of schedule. The capabilities of the UltraScale+ product family, coupled with its first-mover advantage, make it uniquely suited for applications ranging from next generation ADAS and Industrial Internet-of-Things to 5G wireless."





    Net Revenues by Geography:


                               Percentages               Growth Rates

                                   Q3          Q2             Q3

                                 FY 2016     FY 2016        FY 2015     Q-T-Q     Y-T-Y
                                 -------     -------        -------     -----     -----

    North
     America                             32%         30%            34%       16%       -10%

    Asia
     Pacific                             41%         40%            39%        9%        -1%

    Europe                               17%         20%            17%       -6%        -5%

    Japan                                10%         10%            10%        2%         0%



    Net Revenues by End
     Market:


                         Percentages               Growth Rates

                             Q3          Q2             Q3

                           FY 2016     FY 2016        FY 2015     Q-T-Q     Y-T-Y
                           -------     -------        -------     -----     -----

    Communications &
     Data Center                   43%         41%            43%       12%        -3%

    Industrial,
     Aerospace & Defense           41%         41%            43%        7%       -10%

    Broadcast, Consumer
     & Automotive                  16%         18%            14%       -4%         7%



    Net Revenues by
     Product:

                                              Growth Rates
                    Percentages

                        Q3          Q2            Q3

                      FY 2016     FY 2016       FY 2015     Q-T-Q     Y-T-Y
                      -------     -------       -------     -----     -----

    New                       47%         43%           36%       18%        28%

    Mainstream                23%         25%           26%       -3%       -17%

    Base                      26%         28%           35%       -1%       -30%

    Support                    4%          4%            3%       17%        11%



    Products are classified as follows:


    New products: Zynq UltraScale+, Virtex and
     Kintex UltraScale, Virtex7, Kintex7, Artix-
     7, Zynq-7000, Spartan6 products

    Mainstream products: Virtex-6, Virtex5, and
     CoolRunnerII products

    Base products: Virtex4, VirtexII, VirtexE,
     Spartan-3 Spartan-II, CoolRunner and
     XC9500 products

    Support products: Configuration solutions,
     Software & Support/Services


    Key Statistics:

    (Dollars in millions)


                                   Q3          Q2           Q3

                                 FY 2016     FY 2016      FY 2015
                                 -------     -------      -------


    Annual Return on Equity (%)*          21           21           25


    Operating Cash Flow                 $290         $134         $291


    Depreciation Expense                 $13          $12          $14


    Capital Expenditures                  $6           $5           $6


    Combined Inventory Days              119          137          134


    Revenue Turns (%)                    49           51           44



    *Return on equity calculation:
     Annualized net income/average
     stockholders' equity

Highlights - December Quarter Fiscal 2016


    --  After shipping the industry's first 16nm multiprocessor SoC a quarter
        ahead of schedule, Xilinx announced public access support for the 16nm
        UltraScale+ families, including the Vivado Design Suite HLx Editions,
        embedded software development tools, Xilinx Power Estimator and
        technical documentation for Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC and Kintex
        UltraScale+ devices. This announcement marked the industry's first
        publicly available tools for 16nm devices, enabling broad market
        adoption.
    --  Xilinx and IBM announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate data
        center applications. This collaboration is expected to enable higher
        performance and energy-efficient data center applications through Xilinx
        FPGA-enabled workload acceleration on IBM POWER-based systems. This
        follows the Company's announcement last quarter with Qualcomm
        Technologies, Inc. Target applications such as machine learning, network
        functions virtualization (NFV), genomics, high performance computing and
        big data analytics.
    --  Xilinx announced the Spartan-7 FPGA family that will deliver I/O
        intensive devices for cost-sensitive applications. The new family will
        address connectivity requirements across a breadth of markets including
        automotive, consumer, industrial IoT, data center, wired and wireless
        communications, and portable medical solutions.

Business Outlook - March Quarter Fiscal 2016


    --  Sales are expected to be approximately flat sequentially.
    --  Gross margin is expected to be 68-69%.
    --  Operating expenses are expected to be approximately $220 million
        including $1 million of amortization of acquisition-related intangibles.
    --  Other income and expenses are expected to be a net expense of
        approximately $6 million.
    --  Fully diluted share count is expected to be approximately 267 million.
    --  March quarter tax rate is expected to be approximately 13-14%.

Conference Call

A conference call will be held today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss the December quarter financial results and management's outlook for the March quarter. The webcast and subsequent replay will be available in the investor relations section of the Company's web site at www.investor.xilinx.com. A telephonic replay of the call may be accessed later in the day by calling (855) 859-2056 and referencing confirmation code 98854132. The telephonic replay will be available for two weeks following the live call.

This release contains forward-looking statements and projections. Forward-looking statements and projections can often be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "expect," "believe," "may," "will," "could," "anticipate," "estimate," "continue," "plan," "intend," "project" or other similar expressions. Statements that refer to or are based on projections, uncertain events or assumptions also identify forward-looking statements. Such forward looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to the semiconductor market, the growth and acceptance of our products, expected revenue growth, the demand and growth in the markets we serve, opportunity for expansion into new markets, and our expectations regarding our business outlook for the March quarter of fiscal 2016. Undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements and projections, which speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Actual events and results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties including customer acceptance of our new products, current global economic conditions, the health of our customers and the end markets in which they participate, our ability to forecast end customer demand, a high dependence on turns business, more customer volume discounts than expected, greater product mix changes than anticipated, fluctuations in manufacturing yields, our ability to deliver product in a timely manner, our ability to successfully manage production at multiple foundries, variability in wafer pricing, costs and liabilities associated with current and future litigation, and other risk factors listed in our most recent Forms 10-Q and 10-K.

About Xilinx

Xilinx develops All Programmable technologies and devices, beyond hardware to software, digital to analog, and single to multiple die in 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.

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    XILINX, INC.

    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

    (Unaudited)

    (In thousands, except per share amounts)

                                                   Three Months Ended                                    Nine Months Ended
                                                   ------------------                                    -----------------

                                                January 2, 2016              September 26, 2015                            December 27, 2014          January 2, 2016            December 27, 2014
                                                ---------------              ------------------                            -----------------          ---------------            -----------------

    Net revenues                                                    $566,235                    $527,572                                     $593,549                 $1,642,815                   $1,810,445

    Cost of revenues                                                 178,514                     157,640                                      179,638                    496,108                      538,445
                                                                     -------                     -------                                      -------                    -------                      -------

    Gross margin                                                     387,721                     369,932                                      413,911                  1,146,707                    1,272,000
                                                                     -------                     -------                                      -------                  ---------                    ---------

    Operating expenses:

    Research and development                                         141,378                     130,220                                      133,455                    398,246                      393,803

    Selling, general and
     administrative                                                   84,470                      84,761                                       88,076                    251,374                      274,472

    Amortization of
     acquisition-related
     intangibles                                                       1,769                       1,769                                        2,371                      5,306                        7,167


    Total operating expenses                                         227,617                     216,750                                      223,902                    654,926                      675,442
                                                                     -------                     -------                                      -------                    -------                      -------

    Operating income                                                 160,104                     153,182                                      190,009                    491,781                      596,558

    Interest and other expense,
     net                                                               5,053                       9,213                                        4,007                     24,793                       15,960
                                                                       -----                       -----                                        -----                     ------                       ------

    Income before income taxes                                       155,051                     143,969                                      186,002                    466,988                      580,598

    Provision for income taxes                                        24,232                      16,671                                       17,536                     61,155                       67,005
                                                                      ------                      ------                                       ------                     ------                       ------

    Net income                                                      $130,819                    $127,298                                     $168,466                   $405,833                     $513,593
                                                                    ========                    ========                                     ========                   ========                     ========

    Net income per common share:

    Basic                                                              $0.51                       $0.49                                        $0.64                      $1.58                        $1.93
                                                                       =====                       =====                                        =====                      =====                        =====

    Diluted                                                            $0.49                       $0.48                                        $0.62                      $1.51                        $1.85
                                                                       =====                       =====                                        =====                      =====                        =====

    Cash dividends per common
     share                                                             $0.31                       $0.31                                        $0.29                      $0.93                        $0.87
                                                                       =====                       =====                                        =====                      =====                        =====

    Shares used in per share calculations:

    Basic                                                            256,450                     257,640                                      262,881                    257,491                      266,299
                                                                     =======                     =======                                      =======                    =======                      =======

    Diluted                                                          269,611                     266,046                                      273,795                    268,716                      277,709
                                                                     =======                     =======                                      =======                    =======                      =======


    XILINX, INC.

    CONDENSED
     CONSOLIDATED
     BALANCE SHEETS

    (In thousands)

                    January 2, 2016            March 28, 2015*
                    ---------------             --------------

                      (unaudited)

    ASSETS

    Current assets:

    Cash, cash
     equivalents
     and short-
     term
     investments                    $3,396,536                 $3,303,061

    Accounts
     receivable,
     net                               203,176                    246,615

    Inventories                        195,969                    231,328

    Deferred tax
     assets and
     other current
     assets                            212,613                    154,047

    Total current
     assets                          4,008,294                  3,935,051

    Net property,
     plant and
     equipment                         280,241                    301,038

    Long-term
     investments                       224,614                    266,902

    Other assets                       385,008                    395,074

    Total Assets                    $4,898,157                 $4,898,065
                                    ==========                 ==========



    LIABILITIES AND
     STOCKHOLDERS'
     EQUITY

    Current
     liabilities:

    Accounts
     payable and
     accrued
     liabilities                      $301,550                   $321,082

    Deferred income
     on shipments
     to
     distributors                       47,016                     66,071

    Current portion
     of long-term
     debt                              584,343                    576,053
                                       -------                    -------

    Total current
     liabilities                       932,909                    963,206

    Convertible
     debentures                        995,584                    994,839

    Deferred tax
     liabilities                       347,995                    289,868

    Other long-
     term
     liabilities                        16,308                     14,611

    Temporary
     equity                             15,657                     23,947

    Stockholders'
     equity                          2,589,704                  2,611,594

    Total
     Liabilities
     and
     Stockholders'
     Equity                         $4,898,157                 $4,898,065
                                    ==========                 ==========



    * Derived from
     audited
     financial
     statements


    XILINX, INC.

    SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL
     INFORMATION

    (Unaudited)

    (In thousands)

                                    Three Months Ended                                    Nine Months Ended
                                  ------------------                                   -----------------

                                January 2, 2016              September 26, 2015                             December 27, 2014         January 2, 2016         December 27, 2014
                                ---------------              ------------------                             -----------------         ---------------         -----------------

    SELECTED CASH FLOW
     INFORMATION:

    Depreciation                                     $13,043                    $12,472                                       $13,711                 $38,768                   $40,857

    Amortization                                       4,441                      4,354                                         5,048                  13,149                    15,556

    Stock-based compensation                          31,463                     26,681                                        29,054                  84,464                    79,900

    Net cash provided by
     operating activities                            290,285                    133,730                                       290,742                 607,168                   624,741

    Purchases of property,
     plant and equipment                               6,118                      5,362                                         6,139                  19,169                    23,682

    Payment of dividends to
     stockholders                                     79,709                     80,196                                        76,172                 240,111                   230,550

    Repurchases of common stock                      100,000                     99,998                                       174,997                 299,998                   476,012

    Net proceeds from issuance
     of common stock

    to employees and excess tax
     benefit                                           8,768                      2,995                                        16,700                  34,046                    36,007


    STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
     INCLUDED IN:

    Cost of revenues                                  $2,145                     $1,763                                        $2,339                  $5,872                    $6,408

    Research and development                          16,935                     12,934                                        14,909                  44,561                    40,245

    Selling, general and
     administrative                                   12,383                     11,984                                        11,806                  34,031                    33,247

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