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To: pass pass who wrote (12328)	1/6/1998 3:59:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 25960

From the December 22, 1997 Issue of Electronic News HAVE YOUR FAB, BUT NO STEPPERS--When Motorola came asking about placing a 0.35-micron-capable fab in China, the U.S. government gave them the Old Kinderhook (OK) on the idea. From what EN has been able to learn, the U.S. government is still saying 'Go ahead, everything is A-OK.' You can build your fab--except we can't let you have any Silicon Valley Group Micrascan step-and-scan deep-ultraviolet lithography systems that you ordered or at least not until you get an export license. If this were baseball, it seems to be the equivalent of the umpire saying 'Let's play ball.' Except when the players take the field and the batter steps up to the plate, the umpire grabs the bat and says, 'Oh, you can't have that. You need the proper paperwork to use this bat.' Not exactly fair, said one industry member, and that may be an understatement for the year. Paper and the lithography export license process seems to have put the kibosh on SVG's shipment to Motorola's China fab. SVG says that any financial effects would be minimal and the news does not harm its relationship with Motorola. Given U.S. lithography's efforts to stop U.S. money from benefitting foreign litho equipment makers via the Extreme Ultra Violet LLC consortium and now this uphill battle, perhaps SVG's one-time lobbyist Wayne Sayer did not make as many friends in D.C. as it was hoped.