Business Combination

12 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2013

Business Combination [Abstract]

Business Combination

Business Combination

During the second quarter of fiscal 2013, the Company purchased substantially all of the assets and assumed certain liabilities of Modesat Communications, a wireless mobile backhaul solutions company that specializes in the development of microwave modem solutions for the mobile backhaul market. This acquisition aligns with the Company’s strategy to expand its new adjacent markets in communication infrastructure by delivering industry leading wireless backhaul solutions to the Company’s top tier customers.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company purchased certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Modelware, Inc., a privately-held company that provides Packet Processing solutions in communications equipment, and Sarance Technologies, Inc., a privately-held company that develops Ethernet and Interlaken IP solutions for the logic IC landscape. Both acquisitions align with Xilinx’s strategy for accelerating market growth and meet the increasing demand from our wired communications customers to offer application specific IP.

All of the acquisitions mentioned above were accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The aggregate financial impact of these acquisitions was not material to the Company.