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To: Steve Robinett who wrote (13747)	12/21/1997 8:59:00 PM
From: Teri Skogerboe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Steve, GM, Brian, 2 more. That was a good idea for an exercise. (1) techweb.cmp.com Hitachi confirms delay of Texas fab, dtd 11/12/97 IRVING, Tex. -- Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Inc. confirmed it will delay for one year the addition of a sub-half micron wafer processing line to its chip plant here. The fab already has an 0.8-micron line, which is producing Hitachi's HH series 8-bit and 16-bit microcontrollers, DRAM and SRAM chips, with a total monthly production of about 3 million units. Originally Hitachi planned to start ramping up the new line in March 1998, but this is now postponed for a year, said a company spokeswoman today....snip... (2) techweb.cmp.com Story updated 3:45 p.m. EDT/12:45 p.m. PDT, 10/24/97 Intel delays Texas MPU plant opening, shifts Israel fab from flash to processors By J. Robert Lineback FORT WORTH, Tex. -- Aggressive pricing competition in the flash memory market has caused Intel Corp. to change its manufacturing schedules in two planned wafer fabs, delaying the opening of its $1.3 billion microprocessor plant here, from 1999 to 2000, and switching its Israel fab from flash to MPUs when it opens in two years. The opening of Intel's Israel plant, designated Fab 18, will also be delayed by one year because of changes in equipment needed to produce advanced microprocessors instead of flash memories, said a spokesman for Intel, based in Santa Clara, Calif. Intel still plans to spend about $1.3 billion on the Israeli fab, which is nearly ready for equipment. "We are still dedicated to the flash market, and we are still planning to build the Fort Worth fab," he said. "In fact we are moving ahead with the construction of the building in Fort Worth, but postponing the equipment of the fab." snip...