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To: FJB who wrote (24862)	5/1/2000 10:12:00 PM
From: Dale Knipschield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25960

Hi, I just sent CYMI investor relations an e-mail note today expressing my dismay at the stock price and my dis-satisfaction with the way they were projecting their image and telling their story on Wall St. Didn't expect a reply, but got one. It is attached for your info. >>From: "Terrence Slavin" <Terrence_Slavin@cymer.com> To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 17:52:45 -0700 Subject: Cymer Thank you for taking the time to contact us. With your CYMI holdings, I certainly understand your concerns. Let me assure you that Cymer management is very concerned about maximizing stockholder value, and none of us here are happy with the Street's short term concerns. We have modified our corporate/financial presentation to reflect the new message we need to convey to the street, and the more accurate way the street should be viewing the company. This new story will be presented in New York later this week, and we're hoping it will have a positive impact. After the presentation, we'll continue to evaluate it and refine it as necessary to insure that it is true, accurate, and effective. We want all of our stockholders to be happy they are owners of the company over time. Please feel free to contact me again when necessary. Regards, Terry Slavin >> Not sure what their modifications are, but it seems that at least they are aware they need to do a better job of presenting their story to Wall St. Regards, Knip

To: FJB who wrote (24862)	5/4/2000 2:26:00 PM
From: Backfill	Respond to of 25960

A "new" method of lithographic imaging, called Reference Distribution Aerial Image Formation (RIF), has been proposed by Mulith, a small optical design company. The fundamental concept involves image reconstruction from interference of the projected demagnified image with a reference plane wave which is phase-correlated to the main image. While more study may be warranted, the technique appears to have little practical value because of the inherent control problems (stability, speckle, etc.) associated with image formation from highly coherent sources. A similar technique called Imaging Interference Lithography (IIL) was proposed to Sematech by researchers at UNM in 1998. Sematech opted not to fund IIL because of the unrealistic system tolerancing specs that would be necessary to implement the technique.