PLD company Xilinx has acquired AccelChip, a provider of MATLAB synthesis software tools for building digital signal processing (DSP) systems. The AccelChip DSP Synthesis tools and DSP library of algorithmic intellectual property (IP) will be offered as part of Xilinx XtremeDSP(TM) solutions that include the System Generator for DSPdesign tools, DSP libraries, and reference designs. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, the acquisition represents less than one percent of the total assets of Xilinx as of the end of its third quarter ended December 31, 2005. The company anticipates booking the acquisition in the March 2006 ending quarter. The majority of AccelChip employees, located at the Company's headquarters in Milpitas, Calif. and two design centers in North America, will become employees within the Xilinx DSP Division.