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To: Madharry who wrote (8283)	8/24/2000 1:25:34 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 9582

Integrated Device Technology - Strong Buy FQ2 tracking well. Appears to be on track for 15% Q/Q rev and 20% Q/Q EPS growth. At least one-third of the growth is from price increases, which fall directly to pretax profit line. SRAM mkt is at least as strong as expected. Expect strong pricing environment to continue into C2001. Reduction in cell phone handset forecast has not had much impact on DRAM, SRAM, or Flash memory mkts. Price target $100. IDTI $77

To: Madharry who wrote (8283)	8/24/2000 5:09:20 PM
From: DJBEINO	Respond to of 9582

new patent for alsc: Fast redundancy scheme for high density, high speed memories Fast redundancy scheme for high density, high speed memories Abstract A high speed process for determining whether an externally applied address points to a memory cell or a redundant memory cell in a memory is disclosed. Identification information associated with redundant memory rows and columns is stored and compared with decoded information based upon a decoded externally applied address. This comparison determines if a memory cell of a redundant memory cell is addressed. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventors: Kengeri; Subramani (Cupertino, CA). Assignee: Alliance Semiconductor Corporation (Santa Clara, CA). Appl. No.: 293,494 Filed: Apr. 15, 1999 Intl. Cl. : G11C 7/00 Current U.S. Cl.: 365/200 Field of Search: 365/200, 201; 371/21.1, 22.2, 22.5; 714/7 company.sleuth.com

To: Madharry who wrote (8283)	8/30/2000 9:42:37 AM
From: DJBEINO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9582

TSMC says it's sold out of foundry capacity for 2001 and 2002 By Mark LaPedus Semiconductor Business News (08/29/00, 07:02:34 PM EDT) SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) here today disclosed that the company is already sold out of its worldwide wafer-foundry capacity for both 2000 and 2001, with demand remaining robust at least until 2003. "Demand is outstripping supply [in the foundry business]," said Edward Ross, president of TMSC's U.S. subsidiary, TSMC North America, at a panel discussion at the Taiwan Semiconductor Day conference here. The conference is a one-day event sponsored by the Taiwan government and CMP Media, the parent company of SBN. "In the short term, I don't see anything on the horizon that will slow [the foundry business] down," said Ross, who is based in San Jose. In fact, business is so good that TSMC is fully booked at least until the end of 2001, Ross said. "The demand for 2001 is greater than our capacity," he said in an interview with SBN. "We've allocated our capacity [for 2000]. In 2001, our capacity has been allocated. In 2001, we're already sold out." The company's disclosure comes to no surprise to industry observers and analysts. With the general trend towards outsourcing in the semiconductor industry, foundry vendors have been scrambling to meet huge OEM demand since the beginning of last year. Other pure-play foundry vendors, including Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. and Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp., are also reporting robust demand for their respective services. Foundry companies, in fact, are riding a huge wave. In total, the worldwide demand for 8-inch wafers is expected to jump from 10.267 million units in 2000 to 12.3 million units, according to estimates from Dataquest Inc. of San Jose. "The foundry business is one of the fastest growing industries in the electronics market," Ross said in a presentation about Taiwan's foundry industry at the conference. "At this point, we don't see a change in terms of supply and demand. People are saying that that we could see [a capacity shortage] for the next three years." To meet demand, TSMC is ramping up its fab capacity at a frenetic pace. The company will boost its total production of 8-inch wafers from 3.4 million units in 2000, to 4.7 million units in 2001. By 2001, in fact, TSMC claims it will be the world's largest IC company in terms of total wafer capacity, surpassing the likes of Hyundai, Hitachi, Intel, Toshiba, NEC, STMicroelectronics, Samsung, and others. semibiznews.com