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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (23899)	10/7/1999 1:14:00 AM
From: Johnny Canuck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 68199

Indices [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- DJII 10588.000 187.000u 10401.000 10401.000 10588.000 10399.000 N/A 10081 N/A 4:30 N/A N/A NDX 2531.900 60.400u 2471.500 2479.100 2532.000 2479.100 1864 1673 1 5:15 2551.700 1063.300 COMP 2857.200 57.600u 2799.600 2822.600 2857.400 2822.600 474 425 1 5:15 2897.500 1357.100 SPZ 1325.400 24.000u 1301.400 1301.400 1325.500 1301.400 1784 1557 1 4:59 1420.100 923.300 BKX 787.800 17.500u 770.300 772.600 789.400 772.600 1611 1416 1 4:30 944.300 545.700 SOX 552.810 4.110u 548.700 548.700 556.780 542.990 1716 1510 1 4:30 579.680 182.590 QQQ 126.484 2.484u 124.000 124.750 126.672 122.859 N/A 2345 9 4:17 127.500 97.000 VIX 23.530 -2.540d 26.070 25.710 26.120 23.170 375 321 1 3:59 60.630 17.700 DOW [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- AXP 146.500 6.063u 140.438 140.688 146.563 140.688 30272 2017 1 4:24 150.625 67.000 HWP 89.125 5.500u 83.625 84.125 89.625 84.063 59515 3898 6 4:51 118.438 47.063 JPM 118.750 3.500u 115.250 115.438 119.500 115.438 12562 1071 2 4:19 147.813 72.125 GE 123.688 2.750u 120.938 121.125 124.000 121.125 63929 4171 1 4:15 122.750 69.000 MRK 72.125 2.000u 70.125 70.813 72.438 70.750 52060 3434 1 4:16 87.375 60.813 WMT 51.375 0.125u 51.250 50.563 51.688 49.875 N/A 4783 3 5:01 53.406 26.594 Tech_Titans [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- WCOM 70.875 2.938u 67.938 69.750 71.438 69.438 N/A 32023 100 4:01 96.766 39.000 MSFT 93.688 1.875u 91.813 92.313 94.000 92.063 N/A 15460 10 4:01 100.750 43.875 INTC 76.938 0.750u 76.188 76.875 78.063 76.125 N/A 17106 7 4:01 89.500 37.906 CSCO 71.922 0.297d 71.625 72.313 73.000 71.125 N/A 16395 6 4:01 73.563 20.563 EMC 76.000 0.000u 76.000 75.563 76.375 75.063 44916 3401 1 4:10 78.000 20.844 LU 64.438 -0.500d 64.938 65.063 65.125 63.688 N/A 7006 5 4:46 79.750 26.719 DELL 43.313 -0.500d 43.813 44.188 44.313 43.000 N/A 14098 588 4:01 55.000 20.375 IBM 119.188 -2.813d 122.000 122.250 122.750 119.063 N/A 4590 10 4:41 139.188 58.406 ETitans [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- EBAY 151.688 10.500u 141.188 146.500 152.188 146.188 62001 15143 83 4:01 234.000 8.406 PCLN 72.750 8.500u 64.250 65.125 74.000 65.063 62478 14000 3 4:01 165.000 53.500 DCLK 130.250 6.688u 123.563 124.500 131.813 123.250 43716 8496 3 4:00 176.000 6.750 AOL 120.000 6.500u 113.500 114.250 120.000 114.250 N/A 16387 1 5:13 175.500 20.625 CMGI 105.688 5.250u 100.438 101.625 106.125 101.000 50986 12194 19 4:01 165.000 8.859 INKT 123.813 4.938u 118.875 119.375 124.688 116.250 19773 3788 11 4:00 159.125 26.563 ATHM 46.563 4.500u 42.063 44.000 46.688 43.750 N/A 14320 160 4:01 99.000 17.250 AMZN 82.438 4.000u 78.438 79.563 83.625 79.500 N/A 25348 34 4:01 110.625 13.328 YHOO 175.750 2.438d 173.313 176.000 176.938 171.563 N/A 18135 4 4:01 244.000 48.750 RNWK 104.375 1.375u 103.000 103.750 105.438 102.000 14825 2621 6 4:01 131.875 11.063 CNET 57.000 -1.125d 58.125 58.438 58.875 56.000 18334 2907 13 4:01 79.750 7.250 Networkers [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- COMS 30.000 0.125d 29.875 30.125 30.313 29.250 N/A 4563 113 4:01 51.125 20.000 SUNW 97.563 -0.250d 97.813 98.625 98.688 95.813 N/A 12468 29 4:01 99.438 19.500 WirelessMfr_Carrier [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- QCOM 204.313 9.563u 194.750 196.750 208.500 194.750 N/A 14444 2 4:01 199.000 18.875 NXTL 79.875 2.750u 77.125 75.188 80.000 74.875 55415 5967 13 4:01 78.750 15.375 MOT 92.750 1.188u 91.563 91.563 94.438 91.375 39736 1733 57 4:24 101.500 38.375 PCS 73.938 -0.063d 74.000 74.000 75.125 72.625 32100 1590 80 4:01 79.250 12.750 NOK 96.125 -0.875d 97.000 96.250 96.813 95.625 19291 1414 3 4:07 99.375 29.531 Tcom&Cable_Gear [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- RBAK 126.000 12.063u 113.938 115.125 127.125 114.875 6308 1753 2 4:01 143.625 32.500 JNPR 190.875 6.875u 184.000 185.688 193.000 185.625 8831 2041 6 4:01 234.375 90.125 JDSU 134.000 5.375u 128.625 130.313 135.438 130.063 22898 5478 11 4:01 130.375 15.625 ETEK 64.375 4.375u 60.000 61.500 64.500 61.000 4267 764 3 4:00 66.750 19.438 AWRE 27.938 4.000u 23.938 25.375 28.000 25.000 22411 2552 21 4:00 87.125 4.625 TLAB 59.750 3.750u 56.000 56.500 60.000 56.375 60585 6036 20 4:01 74.000 15.688 OCLI 97.750 3.375d 94.375 98.375 100.625 96.500 972 211 1 3:57 102.000 14.375 WCII 44.688 3.250u 41.438 42.063 46.125 42.000 23712 2654 29 4:01 64.438 10.250 CMVT 101.000 3.000u 98.000 98.563 101.250 98.000 11045 1329 32 4:01 100.000 19.578 TERN 47.938 2.063u 45.875 46.000 48.125 45.750 2977 526 79 4:00 60.500 9.250 HLIT 137.563 2.063d 135.500 138.500 141.000 133.938 3390 971 2 4:01 146.625 8.750 ADCT 43.813 1.875u 41.938 42.063 43.875 41.875 25742 1944 99 4:01 53.625 15.750 NT 53.813 0.938u 52.875 53.750 54.250 52.813 29865 1611 395 4:01 54.000 13.406 PDYN 28.813 0.750d 28.063 29.000 29.750 27.750 6550 772 7 4:00 58.000 25.750 ANTC 55.750 0.125u 55.625 55.625 56.000 55.250 3245 249 15 4:00 57.188 11.500 EFNT 34.250 -2.250d 36.500 37.125 38.000 32.563 3923 743 3 4:00 68.000 29.250 Tcom&Cable_SrvcPrvdr [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- MFNX 31.250 3.438u 27.813 28.750 31.500 28.125 46439 4601 5 4:01 47.563 5.875 GBLX 28.500 3.313u 25.188 25.500 29.250 25.438 N/A 29901 36 4:00 64.250 8.000 GTSG 26.563 3.063u 23.500 23.625 26.563 23.563 42074 2508 22 4:00 45.844 10.563 NXLK 54.438 3.063u 51.375 51.875 55.000 51.500 6909 871 27 4:01 58.125 5.281 MCLD 41.938 1.938u 40.000 41.063 42.125 40.625 11231 698 12 4:01 42.750 7.625 COVD 40.500 1.625u 38.875 39.250 40.625 39.125 5305 950 6 4:00 81.000 20.656 QWST 34.875 1.625u 33.250 34.000 35.000 33.813 N/A 14298 6 4:01 52.375 13.375 LVLT 57.938 1.250u 56.688 57.563 58.500 56.438 18418 2061 96 4:01 100.125 22.375 RCNC 49.250 0.000d 49.250 50.000 50.688 47.438 13455 2292 6 4:01 54.500 8.750 ADLAC 57.125 -0.875d 58.000 57.750 57.750 56.750 9498 616 119 4:00 87.000 29.125 CMTN 88.750 -1.000d 89.750 91.500 91.875 87.750 4813 1301 2 4:00 135.000 50.500 ISPs [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- PSIX 39.563 5.625u 33.938 35.500 40.063 35.000 33484 5015 19 4:01 73.750 8.375 ELNK 45.125 2.875u 42.250 42.500 45.313 42.438 9130 1567 1 4:00 99.375 29.500 MSPG 28.625 1.813u 26.813 27.438 28.750 27.000 15717 2874 7 4:01 66.500 11.563 CNCX 17.250 -0.625d 17.875 18.563 18.563 16.688 21203 2103 1 4:00 57.625 7.250 WebHosting [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- VRIO 31.875 1.875u 30.000 30.750 32.250 30.500 6223 594 28 4:01 42.500 6.500 EXDS 69.500 1.063d 68.438 70.500 71.375 68.953 39092 5923 28 4:00 89.750 3.875 EPortals [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- LCOS 64.125 7.625u 56.500 57.750 64.375 57.375 N/A 16340 10 4:01 72.688 11.250 INSP 43.625 3.125u 40.500 41.000 44.125 40.500 8012 1240 7 4:01 72.625 9.750 GNET 62.875 0.875u 62.000 62.500 67.375 62.000 13404 2639 1 4:00 99.500 3.500 EBanking [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- TBFC 25.813 1.188u 24.625 23.563 26.250 23.063 4687 625 5 3:59 75.875 3.938 NTBK 23.938 0.875u 23.063 23.125 24.625 23.125 8456 1100 1 4:01 83.000 3.578 SONE 40.000 -0.250d 40.250 40.250 41.000 39.125 2606 359 10 4:00 79.250 4.625 EBrokers [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- EGRP 26.313 1.375u 24.938 25.125 26.688 25.000 N/A 12172 1 4:00 72.250 2.500 SCH 34.875 0.875u 34.000 34.250 35.625 34.125 46573 2282 1 4:28 77.500 10.531 NITE 29.313 0.813u 28.500 29.188 29.875 28.750 43154 5547 16 4:01 81.625 2.250 AMTD 19.875 0.250u 19.625 19.188 20.813 19.125 47470 6835 11 4:00 62.781 1.875 NDB 26.000 -0.500d 26.500 26.750 27.813 26.000 4272 637 13 4:03 93.000 8.125 ESoftware [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- BVSN 161.000 10.563u 150.438 153.125 161.063 153.000 11076 2499 2 4:01 150.875 9.875 NSOL 98.750 4.750u 94.000 95.813 99.188 95.750 14195 2809 12 4:01 153.750 13.688 VERT 46.875 4.188u 42.688 44.875 47.875 44.000 31283 4612 1 3:59 74.500 17.375 VRSN 114.375 2.188u 112.188 112.500 116.500 109.938 21366 2306 6 4:01 117.750 9.688 INTU 30.125 -0.250d 30.375 30.875 31.250 29.375 17673 1855 30 4:01 36.906 8.750 EMisc [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- PHCM 174.000 18.125u 155.875 157.500 176.125 155.000 12149 4856 2 4:01 185.313 32.250 GMST 74.750 5.375u 69.375 73.313 78.000 70.250 35641 3432 1 3:59 88.500 19.250 STRM 35.000 -0.813d 35.813 36.094 36.500 34.375 2976 493 10 4:01 70.000 24.000 PCs [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- BBY 64.250 3.000u 61.250 62.438 66.000 62.250 23218 2209 198 4:00 80.500 15.969 AAPL 67.188 -0.750d 67.938 69.375 69.625 67.000 N/A 7571 165 4:01 80.125 28.500 GTW 49.625 -1.125d 50.750 50.813 52.313 49.500 26441 1652 85 4:02 54.750 18.063 SemiCapX_EDA [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- LRCX 69.625 1.750u 67.875 67.813 70.000 67.125 10742 1479 6 4:01 68.250 8.375 SNPS 60.125 1.688u 58.438 58.625 60.500 58.500 6049 621 27 4:01 65.125 26.938 KLAC 75.469 1.344u 74.125 74.188 76.516 73.063 29931 3719 40 4:01 74.875 20.750 AMAT 86.750 1.188u 85.563 85.688 87.250 83.500 N/A 8845 N/A 4:38 86.250 21.563 TER 40.438 0.750u 39.688 39.688 40.625 38.625 15355 797 6 4:01 42.250 7.500 NVLS 74.250 0.313u 73.938 74.063 75.375 72.500 13308 1967 8 4:01 75.875 20.875 Semis [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- QLGC 88.938 7.156u 81.781 84.750 89.000 84.000 11981 2020 5 4:01 99.500 12.625 PMCS 103.000 5.188u 97.813 99.500 105.250 99.375 10464 1738 9 4:01 112.375 11.438 TQNT 67.000 5.063u 61.938 63.000 68.125 62.000 4502 869 1 3:59 72.313 7.328 BRCM 124.000 3.750u 120.250 122.750 127.125 121.375 15596 3944 6 4:01 149.500 29.000 RMBS 70.938 2.875u 68.063 67.000 72.250 66.750 27396 3962 3 4:01 117.500 48.000 TXCC 58.719 2.656u 56.063 56.500 58.750 56.375 2494 491 2 3:59 65.000 7.328 AMCC 70.250 2.625u 67.625 68.250 72.000 68.125 9347 1351 17 4:00 68.000 6.125 RFMD 53.875 2.500u 51.375 52.000 54.000 51.500 14584 2053 9 4:01 54.875 3.656 XLNX 73.875 1.813u 72.063 72.750 74.125 71.000 20980 2575 15 4:01 77.250 15.438 MCHP 55.500 1.563u 53.938 54.125 56.125 53.875 2944 462 7 4:01 60.813 17.000 ALTR 47.563 1.063u 46.500 47.375 48.000 45.938 16981 2161 50 4:01 55.688 14.750 VTSS 88.750 0.625u 88.125 88.563 89.188 87.375 8550 1188 11 4:01 97.500 17.125 LSCC 33.219 0.469u 32.750 32.750 33.750 32.000 3355 371 3 4:01 34.625 9.438 MMCN 32.000 0.313u 31.688 31.563 32.375 31.563 4337 310 2 3:57 57.000 7.750 CREE 33.063 -0.063d 33.125 33.125 33.875 32.688 8411 898 76 4:00 44.750 6.813 GALT 28.938 -0.500d 29.438 30.000 30.250 28.000 7224 518 2 3:59 34.563 3.313 LLTC 65.000 -1.188d 66.188 66.500 66.500 63.750 12919 1696 22 4:01 75.750 19.563 TXN 92.313 -1.563d 93.875 94.000 94.000 91.813 35428 2498 165 4:01 94.125 22.688 Software [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- SEBL 83.313 5.563u 77.750 78.125 84.000 78.125 32159 4037 10 4:01 78.250 15.125 CTXS 65.688 3.375u 62.313 62.625 65.875 62.625 8599 1490 60 4:01 69.938 23.125 LGTO 48.063 2.625u 45.438 47.438 48.875 46.000 14903 2616 11 4:01 50.375 13.750 CHKP 95.750 1.938u 93.813 93.625 97.000 93.125 4209 859 14 4:00 96.500 10.875 ADBE 116.563 1.875u 114.688 115.625 117.313 114.875 7013 1504 45 4:01 121.938 30.000 RATL 31.063 1.750u 29.313 29.875 31.125 29.563 7607 581 13 4:01 40.000 10.875 CA 62.625 1.063u 61.563 61.875 63.438 61.625 23176 1234 60 4:30 62.500 30.375 VRTS 85.563 0.563d 85.000 87.438 88.000 83.625 19342 2545 55 4:00 85.750 11.875 EFII 56.875 0.000d 56.875 57.688 57.750 56.500 8546 734 27 4:01 64.875 15.125 ORCL 45.875 -0.375d 46.250 46.438 46.750 45.688 N/A 7340 24 4:01 46.938 14.875 CPWR 26.000 -0.750d 26.750 27.125 27.125 25.875 49576 2397 136 4:01 39.906 16.375 MERQ 68.031 -1.125d 69.156 70.000 70.375 66.000 3854 650 2 4:01 72.000 10.563 BMCS 70.000 -1.250d 71.250 71.563 72.375 69.500 33259 2924 117 4:01 73.125 30.000 ECM [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- FLEX 65.250 2.750u 62.500 62.500 65.875 62.125 4928 733 2 3:58 68.125 13.984 JBL 56.438 2.438u 54.000 56.000 56.813 55.375 7897 628 39 4:01 55.375 17.000 SLR 78.750 2.125u 76.625 77.375 78.938 77.000 13160 997 266 4:01 78.938 21.125 SANM 79.000 0.125d 78.875 79.500 79.625 77.688 7112 651 1 4:01 83.500 23.375 Misc [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- EXTR 71.875 5.188u 66.688 67.000 72.250 66.875 10242 991 3 4:00 90.250 35.063 ADIC 33.000 3.500u 29.500 30.563 33.500 30.500 9412 1341 54 4:01 39.938 3.281 NTAP 77.563 -0.750d 78.313 79.625 80.375 77.250 4670 811 3 4:01 78.625 16.000 Banks_Brokers [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- MWD 97.375 2.875u 94.500 95.438 97.500 95.313 22532 1293 6 4:20 116.938 36.500 MER 71.250 2.750u 68.500 68.750 71.375 68.625 27482 2333 104 4:08 102.500 35.750 GS 64.000 1.750u 62.250 62.125 64.000 61.813 9442 474 2 4:01 77.250 55.188 C 46.375 1.188u 45.188 45.688 46.688 45.563 N/A 4157 171 4:01 51.750 19.000 Bios_Drugs [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- IMNX 48.500 6.500u 42.000 41.438 48.500 41.313 23297 3217 2 4:01 73.500 11.969 AMGN 88.188 3.188u 85.000 85.625 88.250 85.125 48552 4612 150 4:01 89.250 33.063 BGEN 83.875 2.563u 81.313 82.063 84.125 82.000 18924 2132 26 4:01 90.438 29.750 PFE 39.000 1.500u 37.500 37.813 39.063 37.500 N/A 5310 10 5:01 50.031 28.656 Laser [EDIT This List] Symbol Last Change Close Open Day Hi Day Lo Vol Trades Shrs Time 52wk Hi 52wk Lo ------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------ ------ ----- ----- --------- --------- VISX 79.500 4.125u 75.375 76.750 79.500 75.938 23841 2726 2 4:01 103.875 10.484 BEAM 17.000 0.188- 16.813 17.000 17.625 16.875 13560 631 89 4:01 29.375 3.000

To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (23899)	10/9/1999 2:33:00 PM
From: Johnny Canuck	Respond to of 68199

The short term problem is still that fact that the processors are faster than the memory chip(thus the emphasis on RMBS technology), but this has some impact on the pace on innovation going forward. ****************************************8 Saturday October 9, 2:09 pm Eastern Time Intel scientist sees chip size, design limits - NYT After 30 years of progress in the quest to make cheaper and faster computers, an Intel researcher said scientists may have reached the limit of their ability to scale down a silicon transistor crucial to the technology revolution, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Citing an article in the journal Science, the Times reported that Paul Packan, a scientist with Intel Corp INTC.O>, the world's largest chipmaker, said semiconductor engineers have not found ways around basic physical limits beyond the generation of silicon chips that will begin to appear next year. Packan called the apparent impasse ''the most difficult challenge the semiconductor industry has ever faced.'' ''These fundamental issues have not previously limited the scaling of transistors,'' Packan wrote in the Sept. 24 issue of Science. ''There are currently no known solutions to these problems.'' For more than 30 years, the computer industry has relied on a phenomenon known as Moore's Law, named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, which was the basic force underlying the computer revolution and the rise of the Internet, the Times said. The law held that as transistors were scaled ever smaller -- doubling in capacity about every 18 months -- computer performance rose and the cost of computer technology dropped. It had been assumed that the progress would hold for at least another decade. Packan said the next step along Moore's Law's progression would be to develop transistors that are composed of fewer than 100 atoms -- beyond the ability of semiconductor engineers to control. Executives at Intel cautioned against seeing the problem as insurmountable, adding they were confident answers could be found. But Dennis Allison, a Silicon Valley physicist and computer designer, told the Times, ''The fact that this warning comes from Intel's process group is really significant. This says that they see actual limits.'' If the miniaturization process for silicon-based transistors is halted, hopes for continued progress would have to be based on new materials, new transistor designs and advances like molecular computing, the Times reported. Packan's report will be echoed by researchers from the University of Glasgow in a paper to be presented in December at a conference in Washington, the Times reported.