8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORTPursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): December 8, 2009

XILINX, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-18548	77-0188631
(State or other	(Commission File	(IRS Employer
jurisdiction of	Number)	Identification No.)
incorporation)

2100 Logic Drive, San Jose, California	95124
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (408) 559-7778

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Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On December 8, 2009, Xilinx, Inc. issued a press release announcing a business update for the third quarter of fiscal 2010. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits:

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release of Xilinx, Inc. dated December 8, 2009.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	XILINX, INC.
Date: December 8, 2009	By:	/s/ Jon A. Olson
		Jon A. Olson
		Senior Vice President, Finance
		and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number	Description
99.1	Press Release of Xilinx, Inc. dated December 8, 2009.

EX-99.1

Investor Relations Contact:
Lori Owen
Xilinx, Inc.
(408) 879-6911
ir@xilinx.com EXHIBIT 99.1

XILINX RAISES DECEMBER QUARTER SALES GUIDANCE

SAN JOSE, CA, DECEMBER 8, 2009 -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) today provided updated sales guidance for the December quarter of fiscal 2010.

• December quarter sales are expected to be up approximately 16% to 20% sequentially. This is a revision from previous sales guidance of up approximately 6% to 10% sequentially. The increased sales guidance is primarily due to broad-based strength across all our end market categories and geographies.

• Gross margin is expected to be approximately 64%, up from prior guidance of approximately 62% to 63%.

No conference call will be held in conjunction with this guidance revision. Additional commentary pertaining to the quarter will be available when the company reports its third quarter financial results on January 20, 2010. To receive Xilinx press releases automatically via email, please sign up for a push email alert, which is available from our investor relations website at: http://www.investor.xilinx.com.

This release contains forward-looking statements and projections. Forward-looking statements and projections can often be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “expect,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” “plan,” “intend,” “project” or other similar words. Undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements and projections, which speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to update such forward-looking statements. Actual events and results may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements and are subject to risks and uncertainties including the general health of global economies as well as of the semiconductor industry, the health of our end markets and our customers' customers, our ability to forecast end customer demand, customer acceptance of our new products, the ability of our foundry suppliers to deliver sufficient wafer volumes in a timely manner, sufficient wafer and test capacity,a high dependence on turns business, more customer volume discounts than expected, greater product mix changes than anticipated, fluctuations in manufacturing yields, our ability to deliver product in a timely manner, and other risk factors listed in our most recent Form 10-Q and Form 10-K.

About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions. Additional information about Xilinx is available at http://www.xilinx.com.

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