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To: Douglas Raushel who wrote (3835)	9/30/1999 10:49:00 PM
From: Tom Shutters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4005

Doug, great find: II. Devices, Elements, and Technologies Session Chair: Rich Katz - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Invited Speaker: John McCollum - Actel Corp. Programmable Elements and Their Impact on FPGA Architecture, Performance, and Radiation Hardness mccollum.pdf rk.gsfc.nasa.gov If you visit the conference page above there is a pdf file with John's speech.

To: Douglas Raushel who wrote (3835)	10/4/1999 10:04:00 AM
From: Tom Shutters	Respond to of 4005

Form SC 13D/A filed freeedgar.com Actel continues to buy Gatefield shares. Date No. of Shares Sale/Purchase Price per Share 08/02/99 900 Purchase $3.9375 08/03/99 5,500 Purchase $4.0625 08/04/99 500 Purchase $4.2500 08/05/99 1,000 Purchase $4.3750 08/06/99 7,000 Purchase $4.2545 08/09/99 1,000 Purchase $5.0000 08/12/99 500 Purchase $5.8750 08/24/99 4,100 Purchase $6.5000 08/25/99 1,000 Purchase $6.5000 08/26/99 3,000 Purchase $6.5000 08/31/99 1,200 Purchase $6.5000 09/01/99 5,000 Purchase $6.5000 09/02/99 3,000 Purchase $6.5000 09/07/99 2,200 Purchase $6.5000 09/09/99 4,000 Purchase $6.5000 09/10/99 5,500 Purchase $6.4375 09/15/99 1,000 Purchase $6.5000 09/17/99 3,000 Purchase $6.5000 09/20/99 1,000 Purchase $6.5000 09/21/99 2,500 Purchase $6.5000 09/23/99 3,000 Purchase $6.5000 09/24/99 1,000 Purchase $6.5000 09/27/99 5,000 Purchase $6.4625 09/30/99 112,129 Purchase $6.4999

To: Douglas Raushel who wrote (3835)	10/4/1999 12:37:00 PM
From: Tom Shutters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4005

"Consumer market toys with PLDs, FPGAs" ..."A few of the applications are high-profile, such as Diamond Multimedia's use of an FPGA in its Rio MP3 player. Likewise, designers of digital cameras have begun using older FPGAs for their low power consumption and low cost, said Carl Burrow, director of marketing for Actel Corp"... ..."Actel started seeing interest from consumer electronics companies in its older MX line of FPGAs "a couple of years ago," Burrow said. That interest has spread to the SX line"... ..."A few years back, FPGAs in high volume were 5,000 or 10,000 units per year, and suddenly we're building 100,000 units at one time," Burrow said"... techweb.com