NOTE 10. INDUSTRY AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

The Company operates in one single industry segment comprising the design, development and marketing of programmable logic semiconductor devices and the related software design tools.

Geographic information for fiscal years 1998, 1997 and 1996 is presented in the tables below. Intercompany activity has been eliminated from amounts shown.

1998 1997 1996
(In thousands) Net
Revenues		 Income
Before
Taxes		 Identifiable
Assets		 Net
Revenues		 Income
Before
Taxes		 Identifiable
Assets		 Net
Revenues		 Income
Before
Taxes		 Identifiable
Assets
United States
Europe
Other		 $449,053
164,540
--		 $109,182
71,052
362		 $833,701
106,543
994		 $432,009
136,134
--		 $115,800
49,680
278		 $779,626
66,893
1,174		 $482,615
78,187
--		 $157,872
12,854
176		 $650,979
68,861
1,040
$613,593 $180,596 $941,238 $568,143 $165,758 $847,693 $560,802 $170,902 $720,880

Export revenues consisting of sales from the US to non-affiliated customers in certain geographic areas were as follows:

YEARS ENDED MARCH 31,
(In thousands) 1998 1997 1996
US exports to Europe
US exports to Japan
US exports to Southeast Asia/Rest of World		   $41,961
26,137
15,013		   $40,804
26,496
10,676		   $ 70,124
50,957
18,288
$83,111 $77,976 $139,369

No single end customer accounted for more than 5% of revenues in 1998 or 1997 or 6% of revenues in 1996. Approximately 14%, 15% and 13% of net product revenues were made through the Company's largest domestic distributor in 1998, 1997 and 1996, respectively. A second domestic distributor accounted for approximately 11% of net product revenues in fiscal 1998 and a third distributor accounted for approximately 10% of net product revenues in 1996.

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