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To: TideGlider who wrote (11040)	12/5/1997 8:17:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

Intel, NEC Give Details of 300mm Wafer Chip Lines December 4, 1997 (TOKYO) -- Representatives of major IC makers and equipment manufacturers will provide details of their technology for 300mm wafer production at the Semi Technology Symposium. The symposium coincides with Semicon Japan 97, an exhibition held from Dec. 3 to Dec. 5, 1997, at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba prefecture. Major IC makers are planning to start operating pilot lines for 300mm wafers in 1998 and production lines in 1999. Intel Corp., which is at the forefront in research and development for 300mm wafers, will provide a perspective on its work. An Intel representative will give an address entitled "Factory Consideration for High Volume Manufacturing Using 300mm Wafers." Intel will build a pilot line in the second quarter of 1998 and production lines in 1999. NEC Corp., which also is a leader in microchip technology, will give an address entitled "300mm Wafer Fab Forecast." NEC will set up a pilot line in the second quarter of 1998 and production lines in the fourth quarter of 1999. Semiconductor Leading Edge Technologies, Inc. (Selete) , the research and development organization set up by 10 Japanese IC makers, will give a report at the symposium on the assessment of equipment and materials to be used in 300mm wafer production processes. The Semi Technology Symposium comprises nine sessions, including the 300mm wafer session. Others are: (1) test methodology for high-speed 1GHz-ICs, (2) the next-generation lithography technology for the post-0.25-mm rule, and (3) environment and safety measures. Related story : New Devices for Making 0.18-micron Wafers at Show (BizTech Editorial Dept.)

To: TideGlider who wrote (11040)	12/5/1997 8:42:00 AM
From: aknahow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

TideGlider, I know you are sincere and I will not post any more about options but until you understand that selling a naked put is exactly the same as buying the corresponding amount of the underlying equity and selling a call it will be clear to many, that your comments on options are based on feelings and emotion and not an understaning of the risk involved or the math. Shareholders of CYMI should be eager to encourage Cymer to evaluate a buyback program using options. Appreciate the technical side of this thread very much, and will go back to lurking.