<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the balance
sheet and the statement of operations for the three-month period ended April 2,
1999 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                                            
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                              DEC-31-1999
<PERIOD-START>                                 JAN-02-1999
<PERIOD-END>                                   APR-02-1999<F1>
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<ALLOWANCES>                                             0
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<FN>
<F1>The three month period ended April 2, 1999 has been restated to reflect the
effect of the merger with triSpan, Inc. which was accounted for as a
pooling-of-interest.
</FN>