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To: Gottfried who wrote (6976)9/20/1998 11:44:00 AM
From: Katherine Derbyshire  Read Replies (2) of 10921
 
>>I am genuinely puzzled here. Shouldn't we add "per chip" to the
above statement, as in "chip companies make smaller profits per chip".<<

Yes. I'm assuming constant demand for simplicity. Sorry about the confusion.

>> If so, they could still increase overall profit by utilizing unused capacity?<<

Yes, assuming that demand exists to support the additional units without further price reductions. Right now it's not clear that assumption holds.

Katherine
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