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To: Paul Franklin who wrote (4079)	11/17/1997 11:23:00 PM
From: Dick Martin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9695

Hi Paul I just joined SI. Been reading with great interest every day. With the XRL system the main question that needs to be answered is really how fast can it run and what potential to is there to improve performance? Because the production of X-rays is an effect of the picosecond characterists of the laser we should ask, can the same short pulses be maintained at higher power levels? This will be critical in the long term because the guys with e-beam got all the power they want. In the sort term Jmar seems to have the technology to go the next step beyond cyclotrons as a source to produce x-rays. Dick

To: Paul Franklin who wrote (4079)	11/18/1997 11:28:00 AM
From: Tulvio Durand	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9695

If JMAR can demonstrate an XRL system running 40 wafers/hour at 0.13 microns, that will raise a few eyebrows On what do you base the plausibility of such a feat? If JMAR could do that I would buy a lot more JMAR. I infer, perhaps incorrectly, that the unprofitability of Cal ASICS is proof positive of the lack of production throughput by the direct write method, the same method (I assume) that would be needed to make XRL viable. The Cal ASIC acquisition in 1966 seemed (then) to be the ticket for making XRL practical. That Cal ASIC fails to sustain itself tells me "it's back to the drawing board". Like I said earlier, this is my take of the situation, and I could be wrong. Tulvio