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To: Rob-Chemist who wrote (8226)	9/26/1997 5:51:00 PM
From: derek cao	of 70976

Rob, "The Company's semiconductor operations achieved a 39% gross margin for fiscal 1997,ÿ notwithstanding the sharp decline in average selling prices during the year.ÿ" quote from last quarter report. Please tell me how minimal expenditure are to upgrade to .25 micron and 300mm? How can you get a 4-fold increase output when 64mb die size is 4 times of 16mb and wafer size unchanged? derek Disclaimer: My opinion are always biased. Sorry, I forgot put on the disclaimer last post.

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