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Motorola, Inc.
     
         One of the world's leading providers of wireless
        communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems
        and services.  Major equipment businesses include cellular
        telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications,
        personal communications, automotive, defense and space
        electronics, computers, satellite communications systems,
        police and emergency service radio systems, taxicab
        dispatching (radio) systems.  Communication devices, computers
        and millions of consumer products are powered by Motorola
        semiconductors.
     
        They are probably best known in the computing world for their
        {microprocessor}s, including the {Motorola 6800} and {Motorola
        68000} {CISC} families and {Motorola 88000} {RISC}s, the
        {Motorola DSP56000} {digital signal processor}s and the
        {PowerPC} on which they collaborated.  They also led the
        development of {VMEbus}.
     
        Quarterly sales $5400M, profits $367M (Aug 1994).
     
        See also {Envoy}, {Monsoon}, {MPL}.
     
        {(http://www.mot.com/)}.
     
        Address: Schaumberg, Illinois, USA.
     
        (1994-12-01)