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Vitesse Fab II Vitesse Semiconductor plans a second GaAs fab in Colorado Springs to m e e t i n c r e a s e d c u s t o m e r demand. The 70,000 sq ft. fab will support 6-in wafers in t w o phases. It will invest app r o x $75 m capital for phase 1, phase 2 is for extra capacity if and w h e n required. Co. Springs was c h o s e n b e c a u s e o f its excellent infrastructure, Vitesse said.

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N E W S BRIEFS • NTT W r i s t w a t c h PHS -- NTT Corp reports a p r o t o t y p e PHS terminal weighing 70g,

20% less than handsets at 40cc it is 50% smaUer. Voice recognition dialling to base unit avoids t o u c h p a d but public base station is not an option yet - NTT will later add circuit for this. Contact: H. Ohmici, tel: [81] (03) 3509-3101. • A u t o S a f e t y M a r k e t $7.19 b n b y 2000 - or so a n e w BCC report says, up from $4.75 bn in 1995, AAGR of 8.6%. ABS wiU g r o w at 6.3% from $2.93 bn to $3.98 bn; collision avoidance wiU be w o r t h $105m is 2000. Report # RG-187 Automotive Safety Electronics Systems & Technologies - N.American Markets costs $2750. Contact:

Betsy DuWaldt, fax: [1] (203) 853-0348. • AMP 622 M b i t ATM t r a n s c e i v e r -- is a 'world first' for i / m tx over single m o d e fibre supports ATM for SONET and SDH using 1300 nm sources in c o m p a c t package ( l x 9 pin) with "molded optic lens" technology. Contact: Steve Cass, tel: [44] (0) 181 954

2356. • Mitel a c q u i r e s ABB H a f o -- Canadian c o m p a n y Mitel acquired Swedish c o m p a n y ABB Hafo AB, (JiirfaUa), for $56 m thereby acquiring not only CMOS capacity but also ABB's GaAs and InP capability. • G e n u s epi-free i s o l a t i o n for Si -- a patent for BILLI (buried implanted layer for lateral isolation) based on MeV B. implant enables epi-free isolation of transistor wells shortening process steps for $229 annual cost saving per 200 m m wafer. Symbios Logic is first to use BILLI in production on bare Cz Si wafers for 0.5 ~m CMOS. Contact:

Nancy Ellickson, tel~fax: [1] (408) 747- 7120/7199

N A S A looks at D Y L Y N NASA has recently awarded ART a $70K Phase I SBIR contract for evaluation of its DYLYN coatings as electrically conductive, flexible coatings for space applications. Phase I effort will demonstrate if the required properties can be achieved with the DYLYN films deposited on materials (such as Kapton and Mylar) used in relevant spacecraft.

• Contact: David Matthew, tel~fax: [1] (716) 875-4091/0106.

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