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To: LLCF who wrote (151220)	2/14/2002 2:01:08 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Someone keeps knocking and then running away: finance.yahoo.com DAK

To: LLCF who wrote (151220)	2/14/2002 2:30:14 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Spend or die There is a lot of $$'s in the "trailing edge" of the semi biz. Especially when there has been a bean counter driven consolidation -g-. You can usually charge more for decade old parts then the newest and greatest chips. Even discretes do good business. There is such a turnover in technology and people now, if you ask someone about a 10yr old technology, there maybe no one left with expertise in it. The military in particular don't like changing parts or designs. Some of the discretes I helped manufacture were sold for over $1000 each. For all the "systems on a chip" designs, it's usually cheaper to leave the real old chit out and buy it separately. Bummer if there's only one supplier left. I think there is even 2 inch wafers still being used in Japan. Equipment costs should be well depreciated by now (30+ yrs old) CDE up 10% for some reason finance.yahoo.com