Xilinx has announced that it will commemorate the company's 25th anniversary with a special $250,000 charitable contribution to organizations dedicated to feeding the hungry. Based upon the company's stellar reputations and strong presence in regions where the it operates, Xilinx has chosen three charitable organizations: Feeding America, formerly known as America's Second Harvest (
http://feedingamerica.org); Give2Asia (
http://www.give2asia.org); and the European Federation of Food Banks (
http://www.eurofoodbank.org). Altogether, these groups serve over 40 countries in EMEA and Asia-Pacific, plus all 50 United States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
"Many in our communities are especially in need during these challenging economic times," says Xilinx President and CEO Moshe Gavrielov. "In keeping with a longstanding tradition of giving time, resources and dollars to the communities in which our employees live and work, we thought it most fitting to mark our 25th anniversary with a charitable donation in the name of our employees that would help families in a very fundamental way."
Upon founding Xilinx in 1984, co-founders Bernie Vonderschmitt, Ross Freeman and Jim Barnett were determined to build a company that would not only introduce a revolutionary new semiconductor technology—the field programmable gate array (FPGA)—to the market place but would run its business based upon a core set of values that would balance the needs of customers, employees and shareholders. Over the past 25 years, community involvement inside and outside the company has been an integral component of the Xilinx culture, with a goal to create a great place to work for employees and to improve quality of life in local communities.
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