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To: StanX Long who wrote (56754)	12/1/2001 9:00:37 PM
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ATE, IC-packaging gear, and other tool segments hit hard in Q3, says SEMI By Mark LaPedus Semiconductor Business News (11/30/01 14:23 p.m. EST) siliconstrategies.com SAN JOSE -- It's safe to say that the chip-equipment market was terrible in the third quarter of 2001, especially for suppliers of back-end gear, according to statistics from the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials International (SEMI) trade group here. Shipments and bookings for all chip-equipment segments were depressed in the third quarter of 2001, but the back-end segments like testers and IC-packaging tools were especially hit hard. In some cases, shipments of automatic-test equipment (ATE) were down more than 90% in the third quarter of 2001, as compared to the like period a year ago, said SEMI.