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To: Paul Engel who wrote (26705)	12/13/1997 9:36:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576627

Paul; Thanks for answer. Years(30+) ago I used to use a zone refiner in the lab to make pure silicon which was then cut to wafers.(2", huge!!) and they were fragile in the extreme after cutting. but with better rigid packing I suppose the 8" + wafers can be shipped as needed. I had thought the cpu maker would test and dice them, and then package them or ship them out to other packagers at the highest tested state being most economical. Bill .