Xilinx VP Liam Madden Joins Executive Panel at ISA Vision Summit 2012 on Next-Generation Electronic Products

BANGALORE, India, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that Liam Madden, Xilinx Corporate Vice President of FPGA Development and Silicon Technology, will join leading semiconductor industry executives on an ISA Vision Summit panel in Bangalore, India on February 7, 2012, moderated by President and Chief Editor of CyberMedia Publications. The "Next-generation Electronic Products" panel will focus on enhancing the global market position for India with next generation electronic product technologies in response to consumer market drivers, such as touch mania, augmented reality, wireless, power and consumer mindset. Panelists include executives from Forus Health Pvt. Ltd., Rambus Inc., ST-Microelectronics, Wipro Technologies and Xilinx, Inc.

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
"Next Generation Electronic Products" Panel
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Ball Room, Hotel Taj West End – Bangalore, India

Moderator:

• Prasanto K Roy, President & Chief Editor, CyberMedia Publications
  Roy is chief editor of the ICT group of CyberMedia, India's top specialty media house, including nine infotech and telecom publications such as Dataquest and Living Digital, and the tech portal CIOL. PKR is a greentech evangelist, and is actively interested in gizmos and gadgets. A tech journalist for two decades, he studied physics at Delhi's St Stephen's, after schooling at St Xavier's, Delhi. He travels widely, lectures on tech and media issues, and is religiously interested in the world's flora and fauna, preferably stir-fried. His other blog is pkr.in.

Panelists:

• Dr. Shyam Vasudevarao, President and CTO, Forus Health Pvt. Ltd.
• Sharon Holt, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Semiconductor Business Group, Rambus Inc.
• Matteo Lo-Presti, IMS Group Vice President Systems Lab & Technical Marketing, General Manager Subsystems Product Group General Manager, STMicroelectronics
• Sanjay Gupta, Senior Vice President Product Engineering Solutions, Wipro Technologies
• Liam Madden, Corporate Vice President, Xilinx, Inc.

Xilinx panelist Liam Madden is responsible for FPGA design, advanced packaging (including Stacked Silicon Interconnect) and foundry technology. Madden joined Xilinx in 2008, bringing more than 25 years of experience in a range of design and technology leadership positions with Digital Equipment Corp., MIPS Technologies, Inc., Microsoft Corp. (XBOX Division), and AMD. He holds five patents in the area of technology and circuit design.

About the India Semiconductor Association
India Semiconductor Association (ISA) is the premier trade body representing the Indian Electronic System Design and Manufacturing ESDM industry and has represented it since 2005. It has close to 160 members –both domestic and multinational enterprises. ISA is committed towards building global awareness for the Indian ESDM industry and supporting its growth through focused initiatives in developing the ecosystem. This is through publishing credible data, networking events and alliances with other international associations. ISA works closely with the Government as a knowledge partner on the sector, both at the centre and at the state level. For more information, visit: www.isaonline.org.

About Xilinx
Xilinx is the world's leading provider of programmable platforms. For more information, visit: http://www.xilinx.com/.

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