Partner Press Release
Xilinx in Production With TIBCO Software's TIB/BusinessConnect for RosettaNet

TIBCO Technology Helping Xilinx and Its Partners Streamline Their Supply Chains

For Release October 10, 2000

PALO ALTO

TIBCO Software Inc. (NASDAQ:TIBX), a leading provider of real-time infrastructure software for e-business, announced today that Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), the leading innovator of complete programmable logic solutions, is in production with TIBCO's TIB/BusinessConnect™ for RosettaNet, enabling Xilinx to integrate its business-to-business (B2B) processes with those of its trading partners, using the RosettaNet e-business standards.

"The semiconductor industry is experiencing tremendous growth," said Sandy Sully, CIO for Xilinx. "As the demand for our products and services continues to increase, we need a technology infrastructure that can scale with our global business. TIBCO has provided us with an industrial-strength solution to meet our scalability and time-to-market requirements."

Xilinx has been a TIBCO customer for over five years, relying on TIBCO's real-time infrastructure software to seamlessly integrate its enterprise systems and applications. And today, by utilizing the same TIBCO architecture, Xilinx is streamlining its supply chain. Xilinx is using TIB/BusinessConnect for RosettaNet to implement a RosettaNet Partner Interface Process™ (PIP™) that will provide Xilinx and its partners such as Insight Electronics, a Memec company, with a standard, web-based process for distributing new product information.

Using standard RosettaNet PIPs will help Xilinx and its partners:

• Improve sales opportunities: the time to add new products to sales catalogs decreases and the time to prepare for promotion and sales in the supply chain can be shortened. Buyers are notified of new product announcements in a timely manner so they can prepare for customer orders.
• Improve customer service: collaborative forecasting and planning reduces chances of stock-outs and improves responsiveness to customer needs.
• Reduce transaction costs: web-based requisitioning of product materials will provide significant cost and accuracy improvements over traditional manual processes.
• Improve inventory management: the sharing of production schedules and inventory levels reduces supply uncertainty.
• Improve product cycle time: lower inventory in the distribution channel allows for the rapid rollout of new products, with reduced price pressure on existing goods.
• Improve capacity utilization: improved insight into demand and supply across the supply chain will allow companies to better optimize their existing assets.

"To be successful at B2B e-commerce, enterprise application integration (EAI) is essential," said Fred Meyer, chief marketing officer for TIBCO Software. "Xilinx is a prime example of how leading companies have effectively implemented TIBCO's EAI solutions and are now again turning to TIBCO to seamlessly connect to their customers, partners and suppliers, using leading e-business standards such as RosettaNet."

About TIB/BusinessConnect For RosettaNet
TIBCO's TIB/BusinessConnect for RosettaNet is an industrial-strength B2B integration server that enables enterprises to conduct secure, real-time commerce transactions with other enterprises and B2B intermediaries, using the RosettaNet e-business standards. TIB/BusinessConnect for RosettaNet fully supports all published RosettaNet Partner Interface Processes and allows enterprises to define their own processes for maximum flexibility. TIB/Business Connect is a member of the TIBCO ActiveExchange™ product family, a set of products that offer a B2B platform to rapidly enable enterprise hubs and e-marketplaces to connect customers, partners and suppliers.

About RosettaNet
RosettaNet is an independent, self-funded, non-profit consortium dedicated to the development and deployment of standard electronic business interfaces to align the processes between supply chain partners on a global basis. Launched in June 1998, RosettaNet is currently in the pilot phase of its implementation cycle. More than 250 companies representing over $1 trillion in annual information technology and electronic components revenues currently participate in RosettaNet's standards development, strategy, and implementation activities.

About Xilinx
Xilinx is the leading innovator of complete programmable logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits, software design tools, predefined system functions delivered as cores, and unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more than half of the world demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable customers to reduce significantly the time required to develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking, industrial control, instrumentation, high-reliability/military, and consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site at www.xilinx.com.

About TIBCO Software
TIBCO Software Inc. is a leading provider of real-time e-business infrastructure software. TIBCO's four product lines -- TIBCO ActiveEnterprise®, TIBCO ActiveExchange™, TIBCO ActivePortal™ and TIBCO Extensibility™ -- enable businesses to integrate enterprise applications, interact with other businesses in B2B commerce, and efficiently deliver personalized information through enterprise portals. TIBCO's products enable the real-time distribution of information through patented technology called The Information Bus®, or TIB®. TIB technology was first used to digitize Wall Street and has since been adopted in diverse industries including telecommunications, electronic commerce, manufacturing and energy. TIBCO's global direct customer base includes more than 600 customers from around the world such as Cisco Systems, Yahoo!, Ariba, NEC, Enron, Sun Microsystems, GE Capital, Philips, AT&T, Pirelli and AOL/Netscape. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, TIBCO can be reached at 650-846-1000 or on the web at www.tibco.com.