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To: Big Bucks who wrote (14138)	1/5/1998 9:43:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 70976

2 Very + Stories for the semis Motorola, Siemens announce pilot 300mm plant techweb.cmp.com China Drops High Tariffs on Semiconductor Equipment techweb.cmp.com Although this could be construed as being a negative by some(are you out there DD?<G>), since more plants may be open in China to compete with the rest of the world. Nevermind that the Chinese govt. has officially announced its plans to double the IC consumption in that country by 2000 over 1995 levels. Regards, Brian

To: Big Bucks who wrote (14138)	1/8/1998 12:20:00 PM
From: H James Morris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Dataquest's preliminary 1997 ranking of semiconductor capital equipment again placed Applied Materials Inc. at the top with $3.650 billion in revenues, a 5% gain over the previous year. Tokyo Electron Ltd. (TEL) again was ranked No. 2 at $2.890 billion, a 12% increase over 1996. Others in Dataquest's ranking were: Nikon at $1,650 billion (-3%); KLA-Tencor at $1.070 billion (12%); ASML at $930 million (28%); Lam Research at $910 million (-20%); Canon at $795 million (-14%); Novellus at $645 million (60%); Hitachi at $625 million (-7%); Eaton at $570 million (3%); and Silicon Valley Group at $570 million (1%).