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Strategies & Market Trends : Technical analysis for shorts & longs
SPY 691.88-0.3%Jan 30 4:00 PM EST

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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (32497)5/29/2001 12:45:39 AM
From: Johnny Canuck  Read Replies (1) of 70320
 
To beat competitors to the market, chip manufacturers build fabs in the astoundingly short time of 14 months. Fab construction and chip manufacturing are a 24/7 thing. Any delay, any downtime represents a loss. "A one-per-cent difference in the annual output of the facility can wipe out US$100 million in potential sales." In Taiwan, a powerhouse in the industry, manufacturers have increasingly turned to offshore fab locations to overcome irritating earthquakes, dwindling land availability and erratic supplies of clean water.

bcbusinessmagazine.com

I wonder how accurate this number is?????
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