Evatronix Joins Xilinx XPERTS Program

Bielsko-Biala, Poland , July 23, 2002 - Evatronix S.A., the IP provider and a pioneer in HDL-based electronic design in Eastern Europe, announced today that it has joined the XPERTS partnership program created by Xilinx, the leader in programmable logic device technology. Thereby Evatronix became a member of global network of leading design centers with expertise in Xilinx technology. Xilinx's qualification process is strict, assuring you that XPERTS consultants have superior design skills as well as the ability to work successfully with customers.
Evatronix has developed experience with Xilinx products ranging from the earliest XC 4000 family up to the latest Virtex II devices. Using Xilinx FPGAs, Evatronix engineers, with demonstrated skills and experience wish to assure the highest quality of their products and services. Evatronix helps Xilinx customers accelerate time-to-market with innovative electronic products by offering them virtual electronic components (IP cores) and by supporting them with related design services.

Evatronix has developed a number of IP cores including few processor families based on industry standard architectures, peripheral controllers and serial link controllers. The cores are available through Evatronix's strategic partner, CAST, Inc. ( http://www.xilinx.com/products/logicore/alliance/cast/cast.htm ). Evatronix has also a wealth of design expertise in the area of industrial automation and measurement equipment for telecommunication and medical applications.

Wojciech Sakowski, president of Evatronix, said: "We are pleased that Xilinx has acknowledged Evatronix as a competent design partner because it is known that only companies that have an established record of successful designs are accepted to the program. Being the first partner in Eastern Europe, we feel obliged to promote adoption of FPGA-based design solutions within electronic design community in our region".

Xilinx, Inc. of California established the XPERTS Program to provide its customers with access to a worldwide network of certified design consultants. XPERT members are certified and have extensive expertise and experience with Xilinx technology in various vertical applications, such as DSP, communications and networking, video and image processing, system I/O interfaces, and home networking. XPERTS partners are an integral part of Xilinx strategy to provide its customers with cost-efficient design solutions, while speeding time-to-market.