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To: amoezzi who wrote (18359)	1/5/2004 10:00:13 AM
From: Spekulatius	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78507

Nanotechnology is an enabling technology not a market itself. As a technology the "Nano" is overhyped because a lot of aspects have been around forever and a simply an extension of existing technology. The Chip industry is going towards a nanoscale now but will it create a new market or simply allow the miniaturization to proceed as it did when the chip structures were in the micrometer scale? There has been a buzz about Nanoceramics about 10 years ago - nanocrystalline materials were supposed to revolutionize ceramics. Now they are available for some application in cutting tools and such but has it really revolutionized anything. What it did is slowly improving and replacing existing products and enhanced productivity for the users. This is what I expect from the Nanotechnology - it will be an extension of existing technologies unless someone comes up with a radical new product based and I don't see that happening right now. I certainly would not invested in any company solely because it has develeloped "Nanotechnologies" or it has Nano as its ticker symbol.