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memory as standard, while the 20 Megabytes XEN-i HD is equipped with 1 Megabyte of memory.

In line with its multi-user system strategy, Apri- cot has also announced a high performance disk- less XEY-i multi-user workstation that can run alongside any other compatible, IBM or Apricot on the XEN multi-user system.

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12 Nanoseconds TEXAS PALS Texas Instruments has announced availability of IMPACTS PALS, characterized by a maximum 12 na- noseconds propagation delay at a 62 MegaHertz frequency.

They constitute the first programmable logic de- vices faster than the high-speed discrete devices like the 74S and 74F families.

The functional equivalence with 15 nanoseconds Texas PALS allows designers to immediately gain speed in current applications, without requiring de- sign modifications.

Reliability is ensured by adoption of IMPACT tech- nology together with traditional tungsten and tita- nium fuses.

Texas PALS are available in both ceramic and plastic 20-pin packages, either chip carriers or dual- in-line.

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Semiconductor Fabrication Automation Market European Semiconductor Industry has to spend heavil) on automation hardware and software of semiconductor fabrication through this decade, as reported by Frost & Sullivan in report E864 - "The Automated Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Market in Europe" covering the forecast period 1986-1993.

While the market appears small, growing from only $12.l million estimated for 1986 to a forecast

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$66.9 million in 1993 (roughly a tenth of the v.s. market), Europe's importance in semiconductor fabrication automation is far greater than the numbers would suggest.

Co-operative research projects of European Gov- ernments ensure that European Automation Exper- iments will become public much more quickly than those in the u.s., where anti-trust laws confine such investigations within individual corporations. Europe has thus become a sort of test market that is being watched closely around the wor ld

Two particular projects are examined by the study, considering their role as trend-setters: the Siemens-Philips "Megachip" project and the U.K. Alvey AMT joint project.

For more information contact: Europe. Customer Service, Frost & Sullivan, Ltd., Sullivan House, 4 Grosvenor Gardens, London SWIW ODH, phone 01-730-3438. U.S.: Customer Service, Frost & Sullivan, Inc., 106 Fulton St., New York, NY, 10038, phone 212-233-1080.

Gallium Arsenide Semicon- ductor Market in Europe Although GaAs semiconductor products have been available for a considerable period of lime, the de- velopment of the Czochralski method of crystal pulling has pushed the worldwide market for these products to new heights. According to the new Frost & Sullivan report E761 "The Market for Gallium Arsenide Semiconductors in Western Europe", forecasts show the total European market for GaA s raising from $378 million in 1984 to $1.15 billion in 1990, with an annual growth rate of 20.5 % per year.

The study also refers that GaAs products, ac- counted for 8-9% of the total European semicon- ductor market in 1984, will grow to 11% by 1990.

From the report it results that discrete compo- nents make up the largest segment of the market, integrated circuits will grow faster, albeit from a smaller base.

By end-user, themilitary and aerospace market is said to control now 55 % of GaAs market, though this percentage will drop to 50% in 1990.