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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (33301)	11/21/1999 10:01:00 AM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Brian, Re: "This is why I will not part with my AMAT shares for decades perhaps:" Nice to be so young! I agree, but start looking more closely in about 10 years. There is a lot of time for things to change, but some of the experts currently see silicon based ICs hitting a wall in about 2010 - 2013 or something. The articles came through here, things like isolation barriers will be down to 5 or 6 atoms thick in 10 years and that could be just too thin. Buck Rogers solutions like quantum mechanics are being researched now as replacements for Si ICs. HP and UCLA, I think, are one duo looking into it. But hey, that's an infinity's time to the stock market. Just thought that decade(s), though, was also a long time. OTOH, I don't see you as one to take the Rip van Winkle approach either! Tony