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To: Carl Mays who wrote (2022)	1/16/2000 3:18:00 PM
From: John F. Dowd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4849

CArl: What are the draw backs to fabricating this tech nology? JFD TRW Demonstrates World's Fastest Digital Chip Indium Phosphide Technology Points to Higher Internet Speeds REDONDO BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999--TRW Space & Electronics Group (NYSE:TRW - news), a world leader in high-speed integrated circuits, has demonstrated the world's fastest digital integrated circuit: a frequency divider operating at a clock frequency of 69 gigahertz (GHz), or 69 billion cycles per second. The chip was fabricated using indium phosphide, an advanced semiconductor material with high-speed performance superior to that of silicon or gallium arsenide.

To: Carl Mays who wrote (2022)	1/16/2000 3:30:00 PM
From: psh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4849

Thanks for the explanation> What is the significance of the recent announcement with regard to Germanium chips? Is it faster and less friable? THanks.

To: Carl Mays who wrote (2022)	1/16/2000 7:59:00 PM
From: Carl van Rooyen	Respond to of 4849

Superb post! I have now seen the depth of my knowledge of this technology to be roughly the thickness of foam on the ocean. Thanks...Carl, you are clearly overqualified for this forum, and should go elsewhere to seek more worthy peers. Only kidding. I'm betting that you know something, if not a great deal, about the inherent properties of functioning crystal balls as well.

To: Carl Mays who wrote (2022)	1/19/2000 5:45:00 PM
From: All Mtn Ski	Respond to of 4849

"A GaAs boule is heavier than silicon causing the neck to break before it gets to a very large size. This is why you see standard GaAs fabs operating at 3-4" and migrating to 6" instead of the silicon fabs that operate at 8", migrating to 12"." Carl, Now I know why GaAs fabs run on smaller wafers!! No one could answer my question for months! Thread: Check out AHAA, same GaAs biz as RFMD, about 1/3 of the valuation and amazing growth prospects. AHAA's largest customer is MOT, vs RFMD's Nokia, investing in both is one way to play the 2 largest wireless OEMs, IMHO. Cheers, Tom