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General Syrtemt Sector simultaneously and eliminating instruction-sensitive performance degradation found in competing RISC processors. The 88110 promises sustained performance three to five times greater than our current generation 88100-88200 chip set, while maintaining full software compatibility. We introduced our first 16-bit microcontroller, the MC68HC16, with on-chip control-oriented digital signal processing capability. It has been designed into many applications, including future vehicles from Chrysler Corp. Our customer-specified 8-bit microcontroller methodology expanded to nearly 100 processors for customers such as General Motors, Apple and Goldstar. Two new standard cell systems offering mixed-signal (digital and analog) capability were introduced, along with new gate array families providing CMOS densities up to 318,000 gates. We developed numerous customer and/or applications-oriented components providing analog, digital, mixed mode and discrete capability. These included disk drive motor controls, surface-mount RF modules for cellular phones, and a cordless phone audio circuit. Many devices were developed for Motorola equipment businesses. Other product introductions included the first in a line of Smart Discretes providing current protection; the Scanswitch™ family for CRT monitors, and more than 100 new bipolar and CMOS logic devices. We expanded our portfolio of fast static random access memories with higher density versions, including the 1 megabit device, which is technologically equivalent to a 4 megabit dynamic RAM. We introduced a series of DRAM modules, expanded shipments of Toshibasourced 4-megabit DRAMs, and achieved record 1-megabit DRAM yields in our Scotland facility. As part of our on-going alliance with Toshiba, we will focus production of 4-megabit DRAMs in our joint venture factory in Japan, which was expanded for this purpose. We continued to invest in our R&D and manufacturing network, opening our Silicon Harbour Center in Hong Kong and a design center in Germany. We began building the MOS 11 factory in Austin, Texas, a research and production center in Chandler, Ariz., and an assembly/test facility in Japan. We also upgraded many of our existing facilities. Sub-micron wafer processing began in our MOS 8 fab in Austin, and our Oak Hill complex in Austin was the first semiconductor facility to win the U.S. government's OSHA Star Award for safety and environmental excellence. Electronic Data Interchange and certified supplier services were expanded to more customers in Asia, Europe and the U.S. For customer satisfaction efforts, we won awards such as the "Mark of Excellence" from Delco Electronics/General Motors, "Vendor of the Year" from Northern Telecom-Europe, and the Fujitsu Award. Reflecting overall performance, we won Dataquest's "Semiconductor Supplier of the Year" award for the second consecutive year. Greater yields and efficiency resulted in record unit production of 7.5 billion devices, including 5.5 billion discrete semiconductors-the equivalent of one for every person on Earth. Sales in the General Systems Sector advanced 39% to $2.6 billion, while orders rose 37%. Operating profits were $352 million, up from $340 million in 1989. Cellular telephone businesses grew rapidly, particularly in subscriber equipment and in international markets. Strategic investments increased for digital cellular, wireless in-building networks and personal communications networks. The MicroTAC™ personal telephone grew in popularity during the year. It won the foreign product design award from Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry, and won several other awards for technological innovation. Shipments also increased for the Ultra Qassic portable for three different cellular formats-AMPS, ETACS, and NORDIC 900. We began shipping subscriber units into Eastern Europe under an agreement with Hungarian Radiotelephone Ltd. We also received a contract to supply subscriber equipment to the Italian cellular operator, SIP. The cellular systems market in the United States remains unsettled, due in part to confusion over industry standards for digital systems. We are investing in engineering for all major digital formats. We announced the testing of a new cellular call handling system, Narrow Band AMPS, which has the potential to multiply cellular system capacity more than three-fold using existing cellular standards. This enhances the market for analog portable phones while the digital system standards are made final. Motorola's speech coder technology was selected as the official standard for Japan digital cellular. In the United States, the Telecommunications Industry Assn. selected our speech coder as the official standard for U.S. digital cellular. We were the first cellular subscriber manufacturer to complete the manufacturer's self test, part of a process for evaluating the Digital AMPS standard selected by the industry. During the year, we expanded our system base in existing markets. We were awarded system contracts in several new markets, and we were notified by a few large customers that we are being replaced as equipment supplier. Nippon Idou Tsushin Co. (IDO) awarded Motorola a contract for its Narrow Band TACS cellular system in the Tokyo-Nagoya corridor. With this award, our TACS system will ultimately serve all of Japan, when combined with the regional systems we supplied to Daini Denden, Inc. (DDI). We were awarded contracts to supply three additional systems in China. The national telephone company in 21