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Founded in 1984, Xilinx designs, develops and markets a full line of programmable logic solutions. The company offers programmable logic devices, including field programmable gate arrays and complex programmable logic devices, software design tools and predefined system functions delivered as intellectual property cores. Xilinx products are used by electronic equipment manufacturers primarily in the communications, storage, server, aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer and industrial markets. In addition, Xilinx offers education, design and support services. The company sells its products through independent domestic and foreign distributors, as well as a network of independent sales representative firms and a direct sales management organization. The company targets original equipment manufacturers in North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. It also has a strategic foundry relationship with the Toshiba Corporation for the production of advanced silicon wafers in Japan. Xilinx maintains its headquarters in San Jose, Calif., with an office in Longmont, Colo.

Founded in 1979, Intrado provides emergency telephony solutions that manage and deliver mission-critical information for telecommunications providers, including incumbent local exchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, wireless carriers, state and local governments and public safety organizations in the United States. The company manages the data that enables 911 emergency calls to be routed to the appropriate public safety agency with accurate and timely information about the caller's identification, callback number and location. In addition, Intrado licenses its software to carriers to manage the delivery of 911 data management services in-house. The company also offers complex data management solutions, network transaction programs, wireless data services, and mobile messaging and notification services to communications service providers and public safety organizations. Intrado maintains its headquarters in Longmont, Colo., and has branch offices in Illinois, Texas, Europe, African and the Middle East.