Recent Accounting Changes and Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Recent Accounting Changes and Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Changes and Accounting Pronouncements

Note 2. Recent Accounting Changes and Accounting Pronouncements

In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company adopted the new authoritative guidance for revenue arrangements with multiple deliverables. This guidance established a selling price hierarchy, which allows the use of an estimated selling price to determine the selling price of a deliverable in cases where neither vendor-specific objective evidence nor third-party evidence is available. The adoption of this new guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company adopted the new authoritative guidance that clarifies which revenue allocation and measurement guidance should be used for arrangements that contain both tangible products and software, in cases where the software is more than incidental to the tangible product as a whole. More specifically, if the software sold with or embedded within the tangible product is essential to the functionality of the tangible product, then this software as well as undelivered software elements that relate to this software are excluded from the scope of existing software revenue guidance. The adoption of this new guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the Financial FASB issued amended standards to achieve a consistent definition of fair value and common requirements for measurement of and disclosure about fair value between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. For assets and liabilities categorized as Level 3 and recognized at fair value, these amended standards require disclosure of quantitative information about unobservable inputs, a description of the valuation processes used by the entity, and a qualitative discussion about the sensitivity of the measurements. In addition, these amended standards require that we disclose the level in the fair value hierarchy for financial instruments disclosed at fair value but not recorded at fair value. For public entities, these amended standards are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011, which for the company is in its fourth quarter of fiscal 2012. Early adoption of these standards is prohibited. The Company does not expect these new standards to significantly impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued the authoritative guidance to improve the comparability, consistency, and transparency of financial reporting and to increase the prominence of items reported in other comprehensive income. Under this guidance, an entity has the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The guidance is to be applied retrospectively. For public entities, this guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011, which for the Company is its first quarter of fiscal 2013. Early application is permitted. This guidance does not affect the underlying accounting for components of other comprehensive income, but will change the presentation of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB issued the authoritative guidance that gives companies the option to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount and, in some cases, skip the two-step impairment test for purposes of evaluating goodwill. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011, which for the Company is for its fiscal year 2013. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In December 2011, the FASB issued the authoritative guidance that requires an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements of financial and derivative instruments, which enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. This includes the effect or potential effect of rights of setoff associated with an entity’s recognized assets and recognized liabilities. The guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods, including all comparative periods presented, which for Xilinx is for its first quarter of fiscal year 2014. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect this new guidance to have significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.