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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (1523)	7/13/2002 5:00:37 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25522

Investing For Leadership NASDAQ magazine interviews Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jim Morgan about Applied Materials' R&D investment strategy for continued technology leadership. Tony Harrington, NASDAQ, July 11, 2002 Download PDF of the article (157KB) appliedmaterials.com

To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (1523)	7/13/2002 5:39:38 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 25522

Brian, fascinating article, thank you! >Novellus' van den Hoek agrees, saying chip makers should execute a variation of copy-exact known as copy-smart, an approach that embraces flexibility and allows more current technology enhancements to the replicated tools. After all, he points out, equipment is typically chosen for development about three years before volume production.< When were the first 300 mm development fabs built? Gottfried The online story has a table and a chart that could not be copied.