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To: Mason Barge who wrote (9985)	11/18/1997 9:09:00 AM
From: Jess Beltz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

You know, I've had a wonderful idea. If (when) Cymer hits a share price of about $50 and it is apparent that the industry is ramping up to .25 microns and under, and it is also apparent that DUV is at the heart of the ramp-up, I think we should all, en masse, go pay a little visit to the JMAR thread!! Some of us should present factual information in an intelligent and orderly manner. Others of us can adopt a more Hunter S. Thompson-esque approach. I volunteer to lead the latter group, but only after a full bottle of Cabernet. jess.

To: Mason Barge who wrote (9985)	11/18/1997 11:37:00 AM
From: Starlight	Respond to of 25960

Mason - I'm sorry you took the post personally. I was just trying to make the point that x-ray steppers ARE available -- and I didn't mention just SAL. That was one example. I think it's fairly evident that IBM will be using a synchrotron in the new fab as that is what they have been using. As for the costs - yes, a synchrotron is VERY expensive and not affordable by most companies unless they want to get into high quantity production. That is why many companies are very interested in JMAR's point source, as it not only is smaller (table-top sized), but certainly more affordable. A synchrotron is large -- it has been reduced in size somewhat in recent years, but it still takes a lot of room and isn't "portable". I have pictures of one installed at NTT, but of course it won't scan in here. Synchrotrons have proven to be very reliable in the past with very little "downtime". I have lots of technical articles on X-ray, but they don't scan well because of the many symbols used, etc. My OCR just doesn't translate them. By the way, just found an article saying a SAL x-ray stepper costs about $7 mil., and a synchrotron $18-25 mil. I would imagine other stepper companies costs are comparable. Betty