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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial statements of Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. as of December 31, 1999
and for the twelve months then ended and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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0
0
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