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To: Gottfried who wrote (221)	11/1/2001 11:30:01 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 25522

G, You have already gone above an beyond the call of duty:-) Regards, Brian

To: Gottfried who wrote (221)	11/1/2001 12:13:50 PM
From: Kirk ©	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

WOW! Informative chart, thanks! K

To: Gottfried who wrote (221)	11/1/2001 1:21:35 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

Micron Tech says orders improving since Aug quarter NEW YORK, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Leading memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE:MU - news) said on Wednesday that orders for its chips have strengthened since the quarter ended in August, as the amount of memory per personal computer is increasing. ``We did say that orders have been stronger over the August quarter so far to date,'' said spokesman Kipp Bedard, referring to comments made at a Prudential Securities investment conference on Wednesday morning in New York. Bedard declined to comment on which PC customers were ordering more of the dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, chips that are found in personal computers. ``The only thing we can confirm for sure is that the memory per box content has grown considerably since August,'' Bedard told Reuters. That increase in memory-per-PC could partly be explained by the release of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows XP operating system on Oct. 25. Analysts have said that XP runs best on machines that have 256 megabits of memory, more than the 128-megabit chips that are still largely the standard. Boise, Idaho-based Micron Technology reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $575.5 million, or 96 cents a share, compared with net income of $726 million, or $1.28 a share, a year ago. Sales fell 79 percent to $480.3 million. Those results include charges of $407 million, or 68 cents a share, related to writing down its equity investment in Interland Inc., formerly Micron Electronics Inc. and an inventory write-off. The memory-chip sector has been among the hardest hit in what is the worst-ever slump in the global chip industry, which was about $200 billion in 2000. Forecasts now project 2001 sales to decline 30 percent to 35 percent with a modest recovery beginning in 2002.