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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:

Patricia McGloin
Semiconductor Business Group
(508) 568-5102




               DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
             HUDSON SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING FACILITY
          IS REGISTERED TO INTERNATIONAL QUALITY STANDARDS



HUDSON, Mass. -- September 25, 1992 -- Digital Equipment Corporation 
announced that its Hudson semiconductor manufacturing facility has 
been registered by the Quality Management Institute (QMI) to 
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard 9002.  
     Hudson is one of two Digital sites manufacturing the recently 
announced Alpha AXP family of semiconductors, the world's fastest 
64-bit microprocessor chips.  
     The ISO 9000 series of international quality assurance standards 
is becoming a prerequisite for conducting business in Europe and 
other parts of the world.  Registration of a quality program requires 
adherence to strict guidelines and comprehensive auditing by a 
qualified external agency such as QMI.  With Hudson's registration, 
all four of Digital's semiconductor facilities worldwide are now 
registered to ISO 9002.  As of Quality System Update's last 
publication (Summer, 1992), fewer than 400 quality systems in all 
industries are registered in the U.S.
     In a ceremony here a QMI representative presented Digital with 
a plaque signifying the Hudson site's accomplishment.
     Robert E. Caldwell, vice president, Semiconductor Operations, 
remarked, "We are pleased with this recognition of our ongoing 
commitment to quality.  With the European Economic Community's 
adoption of ISO 9000 standards, this certification becomes much more 
significant in the global marketplace.  Our customers deserve the 
best, and we're proud to be able to provide that to them."
     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, 
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked 
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and 
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor 
computing.  Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the 
best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center - in open 
information environments.
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Note to Editors:  Alpha AXP is a trademark of Digital Equipment 
                  Corporation.

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