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To: Johnny Canuck who wrote (42052)	12/29/2004 1:48:54 PM
From: Johnny Canuck	Respond to of 68600

6:54AM CSFB picks favorite chip stocks for 2005 (LLTC, MXIM, BRCM, MRVL, TXN) by Madeleine Acey LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Credit Suisse First Boston semiconductor analysts released a 2005 outlook report naming their favorite chip stocks for next year. They chose Linear Technology Corp. (LLTC) and Maxim Integrated Products (MXIM) in the analog chip market; Broadcom Corp. (BRCM) and Marvell Technology Group (MRVL) in the networking and consumer areas and Texas Instruments (TXN) as their large cap play. 6:11AM TSMC: ramping 90nm production, yield "very competitive" (TSM) by Madeleine Acey LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Semiconductor manufacturer Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) said it has been ramping-up production of chips that use cutting-edge 90 nanometer technology. TSMC said it has reached "very competitive" yields for the chips on 300mm wafers with fewer defects and better process control. The company said fourth quarter production levels of 300mm wafers using the 90nm technology reached several thousand per month. It did not spell out the yield of working chips per wafer but said it would ramp to higher wafer volumes in 2005. TSMC said it would have designs for 40 single-product wafers and 30 mixed-product wafers completed by the end of 2004, with "close to ten" in production.