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To: Ian@SI who wrote (2045)	10/22/1999 4:02:00 PM
From: John Stewart	Respond to of 3661

Ian; The Samsung orders were $10M+ each. Unless I'm offbase, I think the sales have been accounted for in the last Q #'s, but the cash will show up on the cash on hand part of the sheet after they actually get it. BTW, on my further analysis you're looking for, some of us do still have to work :') I'll be doing that look over the weekend when there is some time left over between work and the kids. ..Nice close! Best Regards, John Stewart

To: Ian@SI who wrote (2045)	10/22/1999 4:08:00 PM
From: Q.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3661

Ian, if it appears on A/R, then they already booked it as revenue. Presumably they charged the corresponding COGS as an expense during the same quarter. So I don't see how anything is going to "drop to the bottom line." It will just appear on the statement of cash flows as a change in A/R, with a corresponding increase in cash, without affecting reported earnings. Did I miss something? Regarding cash, this is one thing that interests me. One year ago this company had cash up to its gills. Now it has only $6.4 M cash, and it has burning quite a lot during a ramp up. They will continue ramping, so there will continue to be demands on liquidity. I wonder how certain it is that they will be able to get through this without drawing on a credit line.