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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (19069)5/24/2006 7:48:10 AM
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"We've watched chip factory utilization climb slowly," he said. "In the past two or three quarters utilization has been in the low to mid 90% range and chipmakers realized if they didn't start buying and installing new equipment they couldn't keep up with demand."

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