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A DECADE OF SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES—-1988 EDITION

Ten Years of Start-Up Activity

Facts:

o 157 companies were formed in the last 10 years

o 15 new companies were formed in 1987—7 in Silicon Valley

o Start-up companies raised $685.1 million in 1987—much of it used to increase capacity and expand marketing and sales activity

Recent start-ups have formed 6 new enterprises

Did you know that:

o The future of the U.S. semiconductor industry is in the hands of the start-up companies—which are a major source of emerging products and technologies!

o There is an explosion of application areas for semiconductors that has spawned a new wave of start-up activity. Start-ups are springing up everywhere and seizing onpQrJtii!3lJti.as, Jn^tJiaae^highly specialized niche markets.

o Start-up companies are developing unique product offerings in specialty areas such as telecom ICs, cache tag memories, and microcomputer chips.

o Emerging technologies are replacing existing solutions.

o Start-up companies are leveraging alliances to expand product lines and capacity

o Start-ups are Investing in new firms—which are concentrating on new niche markets

Learn more about these aggressive, tenacious start-up companies in Dataquest's new directory product entitled A Decade of Semiconductor Companies—1988 Edition. This 550+ page update to I.C. Start-Ups 1987, is a comprehensive guide to companies formed in the last 10 years.

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Dataquest Incorporated, 1290 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95131-2398 / (408) 437-8000 / Tfelex 171973 / Fax (408) 437-0292 A Decade of Semiconductor Companies—1988 Edition, includes the following information.

o All companies formed in the last 10 years

o Companies that have been acquired or closed

o Lists of all start-up agreements by year

o Comparative tables by product area and company

o Detailed company profiles

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