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Avnet, Xilinx, Analog Devices, and Texas Instruments unveil plans for worldwide X-Fest Technical Seminars.

PHOENIX and SAN JOSE, Calif., March 10, 2007 – Avnet Electronics Marketing (NYSE: AVT) and Xilinx, Inc.(NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced X-Fest - a series of technical seminars offering practical, how-to training for FPGA, DSP, and embedded systems designers. Analog Devices and Texas Instruments are among the list of gold sponsors participating in the worldwide technical seminar series. The series kicks off its 90-city global tour in Beijing April 3, 2007 and continues through July 13 in locations throughout Europe, Asia, Japan and North America. In Europe, Avnet EM’s business unit SILICA will manage the entire X-Fest series in 25 locations. For complete program and registration information, visit em.avnet.com/xfest07

The one-day seminars will offer several 90-minute training courses for attendees to choose from, designed to provide specialized training on design solutions for FPGA circuitry and the components surrounding FPGAs. Attendees will also have access to partner demonstration exhibits (varying by location) sponsored by Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, Intel Flash Memory Group, Micron, Sharp, LynuxWorks, Synplicity, The MathWorks, PLDA, and Lauterbach which offer a unique opportunity to explore some of the latest design solutions.

“Joining forces with Xilinx and our valued partners has allowed us to build an event where an entire ecosystem of providers will showcase the latest design solutions that integrate with Xilinx FPGAs,” said Tim Barber, vice president of global Xilinx marketing for Avnet Electronics Marketing. “In an intense, single-day format, design engineers can connect with multiple suppliers to explore the latest breakthroughs in the FPGA design space.”

Attendees will leave X-Fest armed with the tools and practical knowledge necessary to tackle new and existing design challenges for embedded processing, DSP, power supplies, memory interfaces and analog front ends.

“X-Fest will deliver a deep dive into the key technology domains where Xilinx FPGAs deliver unique, high impact capabilities, such as embedded processing, digital signal processing, serial connectivity, and logic design,” said Omid Tahernia, vice president and general manager of the Processing Solutions Group at Xilinx. “The use of multiple learning tracks comprised of very technical 90-minute solution modules will allow designers to explore and assess how these breakthrough solutions can be applied to their own design innovations.”

About Silica

SILICA, a division of Avnet Electronics Marketing EMEA (Europe, Middle-East, Africa), is a highly specialised semiconductor distributor. SILICA has 37 sales & marketing offices throughout Europe and provides a broad portfolio of semiconductor products and solutions from world leading suppliers to all market segments in the electronics industry. The company's Web site is located at www.silica.com

About Avnet

With more than 250 locations serving customers in 70 countries worldwide, Avnet (NYSE: AVT) markets, distributes and adds value to the products of the world’s leading electronic component suppliers, enterprise computer manufacturers and embedded subsystem providers. Additionally, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of service capabilities, such as supply-chain optimization, logistics solutions, product assembly, device programming, computer system integration and engineering design assistance. For the fiscal year ended July 1, 2006, Avnet generated revenue of $14.25 billion. Visit www.avnet.com.

About Xilinx

Xilinx, Inc. is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.

Editorial Contacts:

Andrea Barnard
Xilinx Public Relations EMEA
Tel +44 870 735 6526
andrea.barnardxilinx.com

Georg Steinberger
Avnet EM EMEA Communications
Tel +49 (8121) 774-203
georg.steinbergeravnet.com

Kerstin Kurth
SILICA Communications
Tel +49 (8121) 777-340
kerstin.kurthsilica.com