1.   Cypress now plans to concentrate on static RAMs, programmable logic devices and its high-performance niche product lines.

2.   AMD said the higher sales were driven by growth in sales of memory and programmable logic devices.

3.   At least five analysts cut ratings on Altera, which makes programmable logic devices, or PLDs, specialty chips that customers can program themselves for specific applications.

4.   Altera makes programmable logic devices, which can be reconfigured to perform different functions after leaving the factory.

5.   Earlier, Altera Corp., which makes programmable logic device chips used in networking equipment, warned that quarterly sales will slow because of waning demand in North America.

6.   It sells a programmable logic device, or PLD, that lets users buy cheap chips and program them rather than investing in custom-designed chips.

7.   Motorola currently has a joint venture with Toshiba in Sendai, Japan, which produces DRAMs, microprocessors and other logic devices.

8.   Rival Lattice Semiconductor Corp. today forecast strong sales of its programmable logic devices.

9.   It was one of the pioneers in the manufacture of static random access memory and programmable logic devices for computers and telecommunications equipment.

10.   Other applications include logic devices hundreds of times faster than existing integrated circuits and new forms of electro-optical devices.