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To: Joe NYC who wrote (110179)	5/10/2000 4:05:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 1578133

RE:"Now that you mention it, I was wondering about this for some time. Do fabs operate 24 hours / day, 7 day / week? In my opinion they should, since the equipment is so expensive. " It's my understanding that they do because shutting down and starting up is too costly. Assuming demand is good of course. (TM-Intel) Jim

To: Joe NYC who wrote (110179)	5/10/2000 4:20:00 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1578133

<Do fabs operate 24 hours / day, 7 day / week? In my opinion they should, since the equipment is so expensive.> Jozef, you are right, any fab worth its fab(ric) runs 24/7 for economic reasons. Al