The group's principal activity is to design, develop and market high performance programmable logical devices and related software. the group's products are used in semiconductor components that can be configured by the customer as specific logic circuit and enable the end user to reduce the development cost. the group's microprocessors are used for controlling, memory is used to store the data and logic is used to manage the digital signals within the system. the group's products include high density products, mixed signal products and software development tools. the group's primary customers are original equipment manufacturer in the communications, computing, industrial, military and consumer end markets. on 27-aug-2002, the group acquired cerdelinx technologies inc.