FORM 3     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION     OMB APPROVAL
     WASHINGTON,  D.C.  20549            OMB  NUMBER    3235-0104
           EXPIRES:    SEPTEMBER  30,  1998
     INITIAL  STATEMENT  OF  BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES      ESTIMATED
AVERAGE  BURDEN
(Print  or  Type  Responses)                      HOURS  PER  RESPONSE    0.5
     Filed  pursuant  to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Section  17(a)  of  the  Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section
30(f)  of  the  Investment  Company  Act  of  1940
1.    Name  and  Address of Reporting Person*     2.  Date of Event Re-quiring
Statement  (Month/Day/Year)       4.  Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
          TRIKON  TECHNOLOGIES,  INC.
      PEQUOT  CAPITAL  MANAGEMENT,  INC.5                               TRKN
 (Last)    (First)    (Middle)        1/1/99     5.  Relationship of Reporting
Person(s)  to  Issuer     6.  If Amendment, Date of Original  (Month/Day/Year)
                                 (Check all applicable)
     3.    IRS  or  Social  Se-curity  Number  of         Director 10% Owner
500 NYALA FARM ROAD           Officer (give  X Other  (specify           
            6/10/98
(Street)      Reporting Person (Voluntary)       title below)  below)1     7. 
Individual  or  Joint/Group  Filing  (Check  Applicable  Lines)
                 X_  Form  Filed  by  One  Reporting  Person
WESTPORT,                                  CT                                
06880                     ___  Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
  (City)  (State)  (Zip)     TABLE I - NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY
                                    OWNED
1.   Title of Security     2.  Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned     3. 
Ownership  Form:    Direct (D) or Indirect (I)    (Instr. 5)     4.  Nature of
Indirect  Beneficial  Ownership    (Instr.  5)
(Instr.  4)          (Instr.  4)

COMMON  STOCK  -  NO  PAR  VALUE              4,696,758 (1)     I      
INVESTMENT  ADVISER









FORM  3  (CONTINUED)       TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
     (E.G.,  PUTS,  CALLS,  WARRANTS,  OPTIONS,  CONVERTIBLE  SECURITIES)
Note:          File  three  copies of this Form, one of which must be manually
signed.    If  space  is  insufficient,
     See  Instruction  6  for  procedure.
Potential  persons  who  are  to  respond  to  the  collection  of information
contained  in  this  form  are  not          Page  2
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.    
SEC  1473  (7-96)


1.   Title of Derivative Security     2.  Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)      3.  Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative
Security          4.    Conver-sion  or  Exercise Price of Deri-vative     5. 
Owner-ship Form of Deri-vative Security:     6.  Nature of Indirect Beneficial
Ownership
      (Instr.  4)                      (Instr.  4)                  (Instr. 5)
     Date Exer-cisable     Expiration Date     Title     Amount or Number of  
  Security            Direct  (D)  or  Indirect  (I)  (Instr.  5)
                                        Shares
SERIES "I" CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK     (3)               5,425,751     N/A
    (I)                                        1
                              COMMON  STOCK          (2)
  SERIES "H" CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK       (4)           COMMON STOCK    
198,747.2          N/A          (I)                                        1
                                        (2)



Explanation  of  Responses:
(1)     THE REPORTING PERSON IS AN INVESTMENT ADVISER REGISTERED UNDER SECTION
203 OF THE INVESTMENT ADVISERS ACT OF 1940 AND HAS VOTING POWER AND INVESTMENT
POWER  WITH  RESPECT  TO  SECURITIES IN CLIENTS' ACCOUNTS.  AN EMPLOYEE OF THE
REPORTING  PERSON  IS  A  MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ISSUER.  THE
REPORTING PERSON DISCLAIMS ANY OBLIGATION TO FILE THIS REPORT, AND THIS REPORT
SHALL  NOT  BE  DEEMED  AN  ADMISSION  THAT THE REPORTING PERSON IS SUBJECT TO
SECTION  16  WITH  RESPECT  EITHER  TO  THE  ISSUER  OR  SUCH  SECURITIES.
(2)        THE  REPORTING  PERSON  DISCLAIMS  BENEFICIAL  OWNERSHIP  OF  THESE
SECURITIES,  AND  THIS  REPORT  SHALL  NOT  BE  DEEMED  AN  ADMISSION THAT THE
REPORTING  PERSON  IS THE BENEFICIAL OWNER OF SUCH SECURITIES FOR THE PURPOSES
OF  RULE
         16A-1(A)(1)    OR    (A)(2)  OR  FOR  ANY  OTHER  PURPOSES.
(3)        THE  COMPANY  INTENDS TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING OF ITS SHAREHOLDERS
SHORTLY  FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE RESTATED ARTICLES OF
THE  COMPANY  TO  PROVIDE  FOR  AN  INCREASE  IN  THE  NUMBER  OF  AUTHORIZED
         SHARES  OF  COMMON  STOCK  OF  THE  COMPANY.   ONCE SUCH AMENDMENT IS
APPROVED,  THE  SERIES  "I"  CONVERTIBLE  PREFERRED  STOCK  WILL AUTOMATICALLY
CONVERT.
(4)         EACH SHARE OF SERIES H PREFERRED STOCK SHALL AUTOMATICALLY CONVERT
INTO SHARES OF  COMMON STOCK IF AND WHEN THE CLOSING PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK
ON A UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE OR ON AN ESTABLISHED AUTOMATED
OVER-THE-COUNTER  TRADING  MARKET IN THE UNITED STATES IS AT A PRICE IN EXCESS
OF  $7.00  FOR  A  PERIOD  OF  30  CONSECUTIVE  TRADING  DAYS.
(5)    THIS FILING IS BEING MADE TO REFLECT THE CHANGE IN THE NAME AND ADDRESS
OF  THE  REPORTING  PERSON.   THE PREVIOUS REPORTING PERSON WAS DAWSON-SAMBERG
CAPITAL  MANAGEMENT,  INC. ("DSCM").  AS OF JANUARY 1, 1999, DSCM RESTRUCTURED
AND  PEQUOT  CAPITAL  MANAGEMENT, INC., THE REPORTING PERSON IDENTIFIED ABOVE,
WAS  SPUN OFF.  THE SECURITIES REPORTED HEREON ARE HELD BY INVESTMENT ADVISORY
CLIENTS  OF  PEQUOT  CAPITAL.

          By:  /s/  David  J.  Malat                                2/9/99
          **Signature of Reporting Person                                    
                  Date


**          Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal  Violations.
     See  18  U.S.C.  1001  and  15.  U.S.C.  78ff(a).