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To: StanX Long who wrote (54850)	10/30/2001 8:46:08 PM
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TSMC, one of the world's largest contract manufacturers of chips, invested T$7.7bn in research and development Economic Daily News via NewsEdge Corporation : 10/29/2001 Taiwan-listed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, one of the world's largest contract manufacturers of chips, invested T$7.7bn in research and development (R&D) of the 0.13-micron manufacturing process for 12-inch chipsets in the first three quarters of 2001. The investment is 2.4-fold that of the same period of the year 2000. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing's investment in the R&D in 2001 is expected to stand at more than T$10bn. The company has started mass producing chipsets with 0.15- micron and 0.13-micron technologies. <end> Copyright 2001: Abstracted by Financial Times Information. All Rights Reserved <<Economic Daily News -- 10/29/01>> [10-29-01 at 15:28 EDT, Copyright 2001, Chamber World Network international Ltd., File: c1029005.9hp] Pulled by profile: SMSemiconductor Equipment News; BTSemiconductor Asia News; MESemiconductor Manufacturing Equipment; BTAsia/Pacific Semiconductors; Taiwan Semiconductor Source: Economic Daily News via First! of NewsEdge Corporation