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To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (42798)	2/28/2001 9:19:32 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 70976

Katherine, Thank you for the clarification, especially since few of us on the thread were able to be in attendance:-) Reagrds, Brian

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (42798)	2/28/2001 10:24:47 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 70976

The Engineering Test Stand is indeed operational and exposing resist. But an "alpha tool" as most of the industry understands it would be recognizable as a production-oriented design. Among other things, the ETS can't yet expose enough area to cover a full chip, can't even approach the exposure dose required for production throughput, and has only the most rudimentary wafer and mask handling capabilities. It's a great step forward, but it's not an alpha tool. Intel calls it an alpha tool in their marketing materials, so it is understandable that the reporter would use the same designation. intel.com