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To: timwa who wrote (4204)	11/23/1997 11:29:00 PM
From: Bilberry	Respond to of 9695

Thanks for the article Tim. Seems to indicate that explosive growth is in store for semiconductors, and by association those that supply equipment related to the industry (e.g. JMAR). FROM THE ARTICLE: You don't have to live in Silicon Valley to know that U.S. semiconductor manufacturing is in the midst of the greatest expansion in its four-decade history, with almost twice as much capacity being added in 1997 as in any previous year. And this is just a start. Counting the dozen or so plants opening or about to open, the semiconductor industry over the next four years will need to add 35 "fabs," its term for chip fabrication plants, to keep up with an expected doubling of demand.

To: timwa who wrote (4204)	11/24/1997 2:34:00 AM
From: Dick Martin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9695

Here is an interesting article on x-ray lithography: techweb.cmp.com Oxford Instruments Ltd. in the United Kingdom has started showing a second-generation synchrotron to generate the X-ray beam. It has a smaller footprint than the first models and provides more beam ports than did the earlier unit. The large size of the earlier synchrotron and its limited number of beam ports posed problems in using the machine in volume manufacturing environments. Dick Martin