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To: NightOwl who wrote (13839)	2/19/2008 5:58:51 PM
From: NightOwl	Respond to of 14464

Now here's a trend for you: *No move to 45nm: Broadcom* by Nick Flaherty Tuesday 19 February 2008 Broadcom is not intending a move to 45nm in the next year or so as it will be too expensive, according to Scott MacGregor, CEO of Broadcom. However, the strategy risks putting the company behind Intel and Panasonic which both launched 45nm consumer parts late last year. “45nm makes sense as a cost reduction, but it depends on the pricing,” he said. “We have already done test chips but that’s immersion lithography and there is a lot of challenges before it reaches the cost competitive price points but it is not something in the next year or so. 65nm is a very, very good process node.” electronicsweekly.com It looks like the pile up at 65nm is going to be even more "thrilling" than the one at 130nm! <Hoo><Hoo><Haa> Moore's Law is certainly going to be amended... if not repealed all together. ;) 0\|0

To: NightOwl who wrote (13839)	2/20/2008 5:52:36 PM
From: NightOwl	Respond to of 14464

Commodity memories... definitely not teflon: Apple rumored to cut back on NAND "just-in-time" orders do to weak demand from the consumer. edn.com While... for some inexplicable reason... HP, Canon, Ricoh and the gang seem to be churning out printers like toothpicks. A new wave of Ad Men in India? ...Counterfeiting in China? ...The Nobel Prize for Literature raised to $2B? ...The ITRS moved nanoimprint lithography up to mainstream IC production at 45nm? I don't get it. 0\|0