To: Ian@SI who wrote (51219 ) 8/29/2001 12:53:38 AM From: advocatedevil Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 70976 SEMIndex: What is SEMIndex®? Hey, this is pretty cool, current quotes and charts for different semi equip index regions over various time frames... check it out: A. SEMIndex (pronounced SEMI index) is a market-weighted stock index published by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). SEMIndex currently is comprised of 65 of SEMI's global public semiconductor equipment, materials and related services member companies (SEM) with individual market capitalization's of $50 million U.S. or more. SEMindex is updated every 4 to 6 minutes during each U.S. trading day and maintained on SEMI's investor website. Here's the link to access quotes and charts for the various SEMIndices: semi.org Here's a list of the member companies: NORTH AMERICA (47 companies) EUROPE (10 companies) JAPAN (8 companies) ADE Corporation (ADEX) Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) Advantest AIXTRON AG (AXTNF) Amkor Technology, Inc. (AMKR) Ando Electric Applied Materials (AMAT) ASM International N.V. (ASMIF) ASM Lithography (ASMLF) Asyst Technologies (ASYT) ATMI, Inc. (ATMI) Axcelis (ACLS) BE Semiconductor Industries (BESIF) Brooks Automation (BRKS) Cognex Corporation (CGNX) Coherent, Inc. (COHR) Cohu, Inc. (COHU) CoorsTek (CRTK) Credence Systems (CMOS) Cymer, Inc. (CYMI) Dainippon Screen Disco Corp. DuPont Photomasks (DPMI) Electro Scientific Industries (ESIO) Electroglas Incorporated (EGLS) Emcore (EMKR) Entegris (ENTG) ESEC (ESEF) FSI International (FSII) Helix (HELX) Ibis Technology Corporation (IBIS) ICOS Vision (IVISF) Integrated Measurement Systems (IMSC) JENOPTIK AG (JEN) Keithley Instruments (KEI) KLA-Tencor (KLAC) Kokusai Electric Kulicke and Soffa (KLIC) Lam Research (LRCX) LTX Corporation (LTXX) Mattson Technology (MTSN) MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) Metron Technology (MTCH) MKS Instruments (MKSI) Nanometrics (NANO) Nikon NOVA Measuring Instruments (NVMI) Novellus Systems (NVLS) Photronics (PLAB) PRI Automation (PRIA) Robotic Vision Systems (ROBV) Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (RTEC) Semitool (SMTL) SEZ Group (SEZBF) SOITEC SA (Paris Nouveau Marche: 7206) SpeedFam-IPEC, Inc. (SFAM) Suss MicroTec AG (Frankfurt Neuer Markt: SMH) Teradyne (TER) Therma-Wave (TWAV) Tokyo Electron Limited Tokyo Seimitsu Ultratech Stepper (UTEK) Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates (VSEA) Veeco Instruments Incorporated (VECO) Zygo Corp (ZIGO) _________________________________ AdvocateDevil