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To: pat mudge who wrote (7267)	2/22/2000 3:41:00 PM
From: Paul Schmidt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14464

Dear Pat, That article is primarily about Symetrix Corporation, a privately held R&D company that license their patented technology to the FRAM manufacturers. In order to evaluate the potential revenue for Ramtron from FRAM, I think there are a few questions that need to be considered: 1) What is the commercial relationship if any (cross - licensing etc) between Symetrix and Ramtron. 2) Who is actually holding the patented technology in strontium bismuth tandalate (SBT/ Y1- FRAM) Symetrix or Ramtron? Do they have competing claims. Is Ramtron's patents based on SBT or PZT FRAM (SBT being superior in performance. 3) Does Symetrix have any intention of becoming a publicly traded company? I would be grateful if anybody can provide the pieces to this puzzle. Paul