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To: D. K. G. who wrote (3)	3/10/2000 9:55:00 AM
From: Walter Morton	Respond to of 38

by Charles Brown Wireless Marketing Program Engineer Intel Corporation Sales of cellular phones have skyrocketed since the arrival of the digital cellular networks. The increase in phone functionality and competitive pricing are attracting millions of new subscribers. According to Nokia Mobile Phones, it is estimated that there will be over one billion cellular phone subscribers worldwide by the end of 2002. To satisfy this demand, phone manufacturers are preparing to ramp phone production from 300 million phones this year to over 600 million phones per year in 2002. Combined with this impressive growth is a need for more and more flash memory to satisfy the storage requirements of new applications. Next-generation phones will include an Internet browser so that users can download information from the Internet or corporate intranets. The phone can send and receive short text messages and synchronize messages and personal information entries with the personal computer. With the voice-activated speed dialing feature, callers can access hundreds of numbers by pressing a button and speaking a name. A built-in digital recorder can take dictation or record a message. All these new applications have been spurred by cost-effective flash memory. Demand for the manufacture of cellular phones is a major catalyst driving the flash memory market from 11.4 billion Mb this year to 34.1 billion Mb in the year 2000, according to Semico Research. Such a growth rate will test the manufacturing capabilities of the flash industry. Fortunately, new advanced 0.18-æm flash memory process capabilities and multi-level cell technology have been developed to help quench the cellular market's thirst for bits. Message 13144491