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To: Cary Salsberg who wrote (12188)	11/23/2004 3:19:16 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 25522

Printed organic ICs pose market entry chance, says analyst By Peter Clarke Silicon Strategies 11/23/2004, 9:40 AM ET OYSTER BAY, New York — Organic integrated circuits, albeit not of the same performance or density of silicon or compound semiconductors, could be made in printing works costing US$30 million by 2008, according to ABI Research analyst Joshua Laurito. However, that compares with a price tag today of about US$2 billion on commercial silicon semiconductor wafer fab set up for manufacture on 300-mm diameter wafers. According to Laurito: "At the end of the decade, the electronics industry is going to look quite different. With the radically lower cost of printed IC fabs, it's a chance for a lot of companies that haven't been involved in semiconductors to make the jump."