Based on the current 253.29 million outstanding shares, this benchmark would assign Xilinx a valuation of somewhere between $13.9 billion and $15 billion. Xilinx is an attractive takeout candidate in the consolidating chip industry and would be "near-perfect" complements to either Broadcom or Qualcomm, MKM Partners Ian Ing wrote in an April note. With Xilinx in its fold, Broadcom would have a complete range of products required by networking and communications equipment makers, while for Qualcomm, Xilink would help with diversification. For its part, Xilinx's stock has been quite volatile. The stock is down about 1.1% year-to-date, and shares were down about 0.8% to $46.34 near the close of trading Monday. Xilinx, Qualcomm, Broadcom and Texas Instruments did not immediately respond to requests for comment for this article.