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Technology Stocks : Reliability Inc (REAL)
REAL 16.21-0.2%Dec 26 9:30 AM EST

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To: pt who wrote (487)6/20/1998 9:25:00 PM
From: Scott D.  Read Replies (3) of 542
 
I sent Max an email Thursday night but have no response yet.
TI is the Singapore facility customer. I do not know who has
Micron's burn-in business.

Regardless of what the stated purpose of the $750 million
from TI was, I think it really is just to let Micron survive
longer and hopefully force a weaker player out of business.
Micron is losing money big time and cannot go around replacing
working equipment on a whim. Also, the fab employees that go
with the deal are already trained on Reliability's equipment.

One thing stressed at the annual meeting was the idea of
'designed in'. This means that once you choose a supplier
of burn-in equipment, you are locked in to that supplier
because the cost and disruption of switching is large.

For Micron to quit doing business with Reliability in
Singapore would mean purchasing all new equipment and
leasing some space for it. I will be surprised if this
happens.

Check out the yahoo board. A news letter recommendation
is supposed to give us a boost Monday.
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