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TI isn't necessarily a big deal because it could be lots of things, including simple stuff like 7400-series TTL logic.
Xilinx is more worrying though, since I'm pretty sure all they make are FPGAs.
Xilinx (now AMD) does really only make FPGAs (and some CPLDs I think). However that could also mean a lot of things. For all we know they could be old as all hell and be like Spartan 3 devices, which aren't very big. Or they could also be more powerful, and thus scarier.