In the U.S. and Silicon Valley, we can continue to compete in analog for sure. We will continue to compete as long as immigrants can continue to come to this country. But if people chose not to be here, you could have these learning centers here move. |
We believe that the end-market consumption for our products continues to support our revenue and earnings outlook for the fiscal year. We are comfortable with our backlog level, particularly since approximately 90 percent of our backlog is composed of proprietary products. |
We remain focused on releasing excellent new products to the marketplace that will enable us to meet our five-year plans. The recently announced acquisition plan for Dallas Semiconductor will certainly add to our new product efforts during this period. |