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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (44711)	3/29/2001 2:54:36 PM
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Dry etch sales will grow 17.5% in 2001 after surging 70.2% last year, says report Semiconductor Business News (03/29/01 09:12 a.m. PST) NEW TRIPOLI, Pa. -- Purchases of dry-etch tools for wafer fabs will grow 17.5% to $4.7 billion in 2001 from $4.0 billion in 2000, according to a new market report from The Information Network here. Worldwide revenues for dry-etch systems surged 70.2% last year, according to the report. Applied Materials Inc. continued to dominate equipment suppliers in dry-etch tools with 38% of the segment's sales in 2000, said the New Tripoli research firm. Lam Research Corp. was second with 27.4% of the dry etch revenues, followed by Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL) with 26.1%, said The Information Network. In 2000, Applied Materials dominated the $850 million silicon etch market, the $1.1 billion metal etch market, and the $2.1 billion dielectric etch market, according to the research firm.