To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (35283 ) 11/28/2001 2:18:00 AM From: Johnny Canuck Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 68861 2. Inventory Work-Off Slowed By Soft Demand, Researcher Says Chip demand was weaker than expected in the third quarter, resulting in excess inventory that was higher than previously forecast, according to an analyst from El Segundo, Calif.-based iSuppli Corp. The excess inventory in the supply chain between chip producers and the systems sales channels was valued at $5.9 billion or 17 days, the research company said. For morearticle.electronicnews.com ---------------------------------------------------------- 3. Worldwide Chip Equipment Shipments Fall To $5.6B In Q3 Worldwide semiconductor manufacturing equipment shipments fell to $5.6 billion in the third quarter, 56 percent below the $13 billion reported for the same period a year ago and 20 percent lower than $7.1 billion posted in the second quarter, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). For morearticle.electronicnews.com 5. Judge Issues Injunction Against Rambus In Infineon DDR Case The Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday issued an injunction barring Rambus Inc. from filing certain additional patent infringement suits related to Infineon Technologies' SDRAM and DDR SDRAM products based on JEDEC open standards. For morearticle.electronicnews.com 10. Kopin Supplies Yokogowa With InGaP HBTs Kopin Corp. is supplying high-performance indium gallium phosphide (InGaP) heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) to Tokyos Yokogawa Electric Corp., the companies said today. According to Taunton, Mass.-based Kopin, Yokogawa is using the HBTs in its 40Gbit/sec. optical network modules. For morearticle.electronicnews.com