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To: FJB who wrote (4003)	12/19/1997 2:39:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

Bob, Many thanks for the Forbes / Friedman link, it makes things so much easier. Ian.

To: FJB who wrote (4003)	12/22/1997 8:42:00 AM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10921

Texas Instruments-Acer Inc., one of Taiwan's biggest makers of semiconductors, said Monday that it will shut part of a factory and sell off the facility's equipment following a big drop in the price of memory chips. ... TI-Acer said last week that it would halt production at a facility that processes 25,000 six-inch wafers at the 0.45-micron line width. The company next year will switch to more advanced eight-inch wafers cut at line widths of 0.25 microns or less, allowing it to boost productivity and lower costs. TI-Acer said it will auction off the older equipment, which can be used profitably by companies to produce non-DRAM chips, analysts said. interactive.wsj.com