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To: Tony Viola who wrote (83199)	6/10/1999 10:26:00 AM
From: philipah	Respond to of 186894

Tony and THREAD: "Is Intel Gunning for VIA?" asks Om Malik in Forbes. Here's the link: forbes.com P

To: Tony Viola who wrote (83199)	6/10/1999 10:37:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 186894

Tony - <"Although using larger wafers is far less challenging than other advances that the semiconductor industry is currently wrestling with, it's still a difficult process to implement." It's all relative. Any 300mm program is probably going to have somebody's neck on the line. The author maybe talking about stuff like next generation lithography and low-k dielectrics, and postulating that bringing 300mm will be easier for the industry to deal with comparatively than items such as these, as these items don't yet exhibit a clear path, or, at least, consensus, on how to proceed collectively as an industry. PB