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To: Curlton Latts who wrote (8836)	11/9/1997 11:50:00 PM
From: Paul Dieterich	Respond to of 25960

Front-end processing equipment [esp. .25!] to see growth. From Solid State Technology The total worldwide market for front-end processing equipment will grow 8.2% in 1997, up from 7.0% forecast in January, according to The Information Network, Williamsburg, VA. Through April, front-end equipment is down only 3% from 1996. "We stated in January that the bottom of the downturn was made in 4Q96," noted president Robert Castellano. "Recovery is greater than anticipated, and thus we raised projections from 7.0% to 8.2%." Companies are pushing to 0.25-}mum features sizes, so the next wave of buying will be technology-driven rather than capacity driven. solid-state.com