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To: davesd who wrote (9242)	10/23/1997 8:24:00 PM
From: Cary Salsberg	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Dave, RE: "with the currency in ASIA falling and the Dollar getting stronger...dosen't that make it that much more expensive to buy US semi tools and set up fabs....do you think that will impact purchases by fabs." It cost more in local currency to buy US semi tools, but the income from the chips they produce will produce more revenue in local currency. We need to know where the chips are sold and whether higher prices in the Asian markets due to currency devaluation will cut local demand for the products containing the chips. Cary