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FILENUMBER: 9840
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ACTEL GATEFIELD
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DATE: December 1998
TITLE:  ACTEL AND GATEFIELD PARTNERSHIP


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TITLE:  ACTEL AND GATEFIELD PARTNERSHIP

(Adapted from www.gatefield.com)

Actel and GateField have entered into a partnership  which  gives
Actel the exclusive right to market and sell GateField's Standard
ProASIC products in process geometries of 0.25 micron and smaller
as part of Actels PLD (programmable logic device) families. Actel
develops FPGAs (field programmable gate  arrays)  based  on  non-
volatile  antifuse  technology  with  current products ranging in
size   from   2K-36K   gates.    GateField    currently    offers
reprogrammable  FLASH-based FPGA products ranging in size between
50K-180K gates.  Under  the  terms  of  the  strategic  alliance,
GateField will initially provide Actel with a 0.25 micron ProASIC
product family that is expected to support  densities  of  up  to
half  a  million  programmable  logic gates. The alliance further
provides for migration to  smaller  process  technologies,  which
GateField and Actel believe will ultimately produce multi-million
gate devices. Both companies participate in the  PLD  segment  of
the ASIC market.

For additional information, access:

GATEFIELD
or 
ACTEL

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