SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today announced third quarter fiscal 2017 sales of $586 million, up 1% sequentially, and up 3% from the third quarter of the prior fiscal year. Third quarter net income was $142 million, or $0.52 per diluted share.

The Xilinx Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per outstanding share of common stock payable on February 23, 2017 to all stockholders of record at the close of business on February 8, 2017.

Additional third quarter comparisons are represented in the charts below:



    GAAP Results

    (In millions, except EPS)


                                Q3            Q2            Q3

                              FY 2017       FY 2017       FY 2016       Q-T-Q      Y-T-Y
                              -------       -------       -------       -----      -----

    Net
     revenues                          $586          $579          $566         1%       3%

     Operating
     income                            $163          $177          $160        -8%       2%

    Net
     income                            $142          $164          $131       -14%       8%

    Diluted
     earnings
     per
     share                            $0.52         $0.61         $0.49       -15%       6%

"Xilinx delivered growth for the fifth consecutive quarter. Sales from our 16nm Ultrascale+, 20nm Ultrascale, and 28nm Zynq products contributed to significant market expansion. The growth from these products was driven by a broad base of markets such as data center, automotive, test & measurement, wired and wireless communications and space," said Moshe Gavrielov, Xilinx President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our FY17 strategic increase in R&D investment continues to pay off with the recent expansion announcement of our 16nm portfolio integrating High Bandwidth Memory and Cache Coherent Interconnect technology into Ultrascale+ FPGAs. In addition, our 16nm execution continues unabated. We are currently shipping 12 unique products to nearly 300 customers and remain over a year ahead of the competition."



    Net Revenues by Geography:


                               Percentages                 Growth Rates

                                   Q3             Q2            Q3

                                 FY 2017       FY 2017        FY 2016       Q-T-Q     Y-T-Y
                                 -------       -------        -------       -----     -----

     North
     America                               30%         33%              32%       -7%        -3%

     Asia
     Pacific                               43%         38%              41%       12%         9%

    Europe                                 19%         20%              17%       -4%        13%

    Japan                                   8%          9%              10%       -5%       -14%



    Net Revenues by End Market:


                                Percentages                 Growth Rates

                                    Q3             Q2            Q3                     Y-T-Y

                                  FY 2017       FY 2017        FY 2016       Q-T-Q
                                  -------       -------        -------       -----

     Communications
     & Data
     Center                                 44%         41%              43%         7%        4%

    Industrial,
     Aerospace &
     Defense                                41%         41%              41%         1%        5%

    Broadcast,
     Consumer &
     Automotive                             15%         18%              16%       -13%       -2%



    Net Revenues by Product:


                             Percentages                 Growth Rates

                                 Q3             Q2            Q3

                               FY 2017       FY 2017        FY 2016       Q-T-Q    Y-T-Y
                               -------       -------        -------       -----    -----

    Advanced
     Products                            47%         46%              37%       2%        30%

    Core
     Products                            53%         54%              63%       0%       -12%




    Products are classified as follows:


    Advanced products: UltraScale+, Ultrascale and 7-series products.

    Core products:  Virtex-6, Spartan-6, Virtex   5, CoolRunner   II, Virtex   4, Virtex   II, Virtex   E, Spartan-3, Spartan-II, XC9500,
     products, configuration solutions, Software & Support/Services.


    Key Statistics:

    (Dollars in millions)


                                   Q3            Q2          Q3

                                 FY 2017      FY 2017      FY 2016
                                 -------      -------      -------


    Annual Return on Equity (%)*           25           25           21


    Operating Cash Flow                  $106         $184         $292


    Depreciation Expense                  $11          $11          $13


    Capital Expenditures                  $20          $11           $6


    Combined Inventory Days               114          111          119


    Revenue Turns (%)                     56           55           49



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

Product and Financial Highlights - December Quarter


    --  Xilinx introduced the Reconfigurable Acceleration Stack, with a goal to
        enable mainstream adoption of FPGAs in the data center. Target
        applications include machine learning, video transcoding and big data
        analytics. Designed for cloud scale applications, the stack provides the
        fastest path to realize up to 40x better compute efficiency with Xilinx
        FPGAs compared to x86 server CPUs and up to six times the compute
        efficiency over competitive FPGAs.
    --  Xilinx unveiled details for new 16nm Virtex UltraScale+ FPGAs with HBM
        and CCIX technology. Containing the highest memory bandwidth available,
        these HBM-enabled FPGAs offer 20X higher memory bandwidth relative to a
        DDR4 DIMM and 4X less power per bit versus competing memory
        technologies. This product family is architected to support compute
        acceleration in the data center, high data rate Ethernet connectivity,
        8K Video, and radar systems.
    --  Xilinx announced that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is deploying Xilinx 16nm
        UltraScale+ FPGAs in the new Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (Amazon EC2)
        F1 instance type, accelerating genomics, financial analytics, video
        processing, big data, security, and machine learning inference
        workloads. In addition to Amazon EC2 F1 instances, AWS also announced an
        FPGA Developer Amazon Machine Image which is pre-built with the
        development tools and scripts including Xilinx's Vivado Design Suite and
        Vivado license.

Business Outlook - March Quarter Fiscal 2017


    --  Sales are expected to be in the range of $590M-$620M.
    --  Gross margin is expected to be approximately 68-70%.
    --  Operating expenses are expected to be approximately $244 million
        including $1 million of amortization of acquisition-related intangibles.
    --  Other income and expenses are expected to be a net expense of
        approximately $4 million.
    --  March quarter tax rate is expected to be approximately 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 34530294. 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 plans to repurchase shares of Xilinx stock and our expectations regarding our business outlook for the March quarter of fiscal 2017. 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 market conditions which could impact the ability of the Company to execute the repurchase authorization in a timely manner; 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, changing competitive dynamics due to industry consolidation, our ability to deliver product in a timely manner, 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 is the leading provider of All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs, MPSoCs, and 3D ICs. Xilinx uniquely enables applications that are both software defined and hardware optimized - powering industry advancements in Cloud Computing, Embedded Vision, Industrial IoT, and 5G Wireless. 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
                                                    ------------------                                   -----------------

                                                December 31, 2016               October 1, 2016                            January 2, 2016          December 31, 2016            January 2, 2016
                                                -----------------               ---------------                            ---------------          -----------------            ---------------

    Net revenues                                                       $585,688                 $579,209                                   $566,235                   $1,739,877                 $1,642,815

    Cost of revenues                                                    178,233                  175,875                                    178,514                      522,404                    496,108
                                                                        -------                  -------                                    -------                      -------                    -------

    Gross margin                                                        407,455                  403,334                                    387,721                    1,217,473                  1,146,707
                                                                        -------                  -------                                    -------                    ---------                  ---------

    Operating expenses:

    Research and development                                            159,248                  141,814                                    141,378                      437,187                    398,246

    Selling, general and
     administrative                                                      83,780                   83,463                                     84,470                      250,353                    251,374

    Amortization of acquisition-
     related intangibles                                                  1,455                    1,244                                      1,769                        3,943                      5,306


    Total operating expenses                                            244,483                  226,521                                    227,617                      691,483                    654,926
                                                                        -------                  -------                                    -------                      -------                    -------

    Operating income                                                    162,972                  176,813                                    160,104                      525,990                    491,781

    Interest and other expense,
     net                                                                    392                    1,151                                      5,053                        6,130                     24,793
                                                                            ---                    -----                                      -----                        -----                     ------

    Income before income taxes                                          162,580                  175,662                                    155,051                      519,860                    466,988

    Provision for income taxes                                           20,734                   11,470                                     24,232                       50,773                     61,155
                                                                         ------                   ------                                     ------                       ------                     ------

    Net income                                                         $141,846                 $164,192                                   $130,819                     $469,087                   $405,833
                                                                       ========                 ========                                   ========                     ========                   ========

    Net income per common share:

    Basic                                                                 $0.57                    $0.65                                      $0.51                        $1.86                      $1.58
                                                                          =====                    =====                                      =====                        =====                      =====

    Diluted                                                               $0.52                    $0.61                                      $0.49                        $1.74                      $1.51
                                                                          =====                    =====                                      =====                        =====                      =====

    Cash dividends per common
     share                                                                $0.33                    $0.33                                      $0.31                        $0.99                      $0.93
                                                                          =====                    =====                                      =====                        =====                      =====

    Shares used in per share calculations:

    Basic                                                               250,982                  253,466                                    256,450                      252,811                    257,491
                                                                        =======                  =======                                    =======                      =======                    =======

    Diluted                                                             270,781                  270,373                                    269,611                      269,182                    268,716
                                                                        =======                  =======                                    =======                      =======                    =======


    XILINX, INC.

    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

    (In thousands)

                                          December 31, 2016            April 2, 2016
                                          -----------------            -------------

                                             (unaudited)

    ASSETS

    Current assets:

    Cash, cash
     equivalents and
     short-term
     investments                                            $3,254,135               $3,337,699

    Accounts
     receivable, net                                           340,852                  307,458

    Inventories                                                205,927                  178,550

    Other current
     assets                                                    115,138                   92,951

    Total current
     assets                                                  3,916,052                3,916,658

    Net property,
     plant and
     equipment                                                 301,504                  283,346

    Long-term
     investments                                               183,082                  220,807

    Other assets                                               435,650                  398,458

    Total Assets                                            $4,836,288               $4,819,269
                                                            ==========               ==========



    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

    Current liabilities:

    Accounts payable
     and accrued
     liabilities                                              $361,624                 $307,222

    Deferred income
     on shipments to
     distributors                                               53,626                   51,758

    Current portion
     of long-term
     debt                                                      594,792                  585,417
                                                               -------                  -------

    Total current
     liabilities                                             1,010,042                  944,397

    Long-term debt                                             994,842                  993,639

    Deferred tax
     liabilities                                               323,777                  261,467

    Other long-term
     liabilities                                                23,419                   16,979

    Temporary equity                                             4,605                   12,894

    Stockholders'
     equity                                                  2,479,603                2,589,893

    Total
     Liabilities and
     Stockholders'
     Equity                                                 $4,836,288               $4,819,269
                                                            ==========               ==========


    XILINX, INC.

    SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

    (Unaudited)

    (In thousands)

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

                                              December 31, 2016                October 1, 2016                           January 2, 2016         December 31, 2016         January 2, 2016
                                              -----------------                ---------------                           ---------------         -----------------         ---------------

    SELECTED CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

       Depreciation                                                    $11,110                 $11,182                                   $13,043                   $33,917                 $38,768

       Amortization                                                      4,887                   4,001                                     4,441                    12,601                  13,149

       Stock-based compensation                                         30,867                  29,802                                    31,463                    90,073                  84,464

       Net cash provided by
        operating activities                                           105,584                 183,593                                   292,156                   627,813                 619,494

       Purchases of property,
        plant and equipment                                             19,875                  11,313                                     6,118                    51,825                  19,169

       Payment of dividends to
        stockholders                                                    83,256                  83,878                                    79,709                   250,733                 240,111

       Repurchases of common stock                                     213,844                  99,985                                   100,000                   413,983                 299,998

       Proceeds from issuance of common stock

         to employees, net of
          withholding taxes                                              1,195                 (1,784)                                    6,897                    10,708                  21,720


    STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION INCLUDED IN:

      Cost of revenues                                                  $1,945                  $1,930                                    $2,145                    $5,994                  $5,872

      Research and development                                          17,154                  16,529                                    16,935                    48,803                  44,561

      Selling, general and
       administrative                                                   11,768                  11,343                                    12,383                    35,276                  34,031

Investor Relations Contact:
Lori Owen
Xilinx, Inc.
(408) 879-6911
ir@xilinx.com

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