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Actel North American Company Profiles
Regional Headquarters/Representative Locations
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ACTEL
Actel Corporation
955 East Arques Avenue
Sunnyvale, California 94086-4533
Telephone: (408) 739-1010
Fax: (408) 739-1540
Web Site: www.actel.com
Fabless IC Supplier
Europe: Actel Europe Ltd. • Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
Telephone: (44) (1256) 29209
Financial History ($M), Fiscal Year Ends December 31
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Sales 41 56 76 109 149
Net Income (0.3) 5 8 (1) 15
R&D Expenditures 9 11 14 21 24
Foundry Fab Investment — — 4 3 4
Employees 168 211 245 320 356
Company Overview and Strategy
Founded in 1985, Actel Corporation designs, develops, and markets field programmable gate arrays (FGPAs) and
associated software development systems and programming hardware. Its products are used by designers of
computer and computer peripheral, telecommunications, military, aerospace, industrial control, and other
electronic systems.
Military/Aerospace
11%
Computers/
Peripherals
21%
Industrial Control
22%
Communications/
Networking
46%
1996 Sales by End-Use Market
Japan
10%
Europe
18%
ROW
5%
United States
67%
1996 Sales by Geographic Region
INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ENGINEERING CORPORATION