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To: orkrious who wrote (12561)	1/13/1998 10:11:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25960

Supposedly Intel had been using mercury vapor UV bulbs and heavily filtering the light to get DUV. The light source is not as pure as CYMI's DUV lasers, so it will be difficult to get the fine patterning needed to go below .25 micron. And INTC will need to go below .25 to compete (at Intel's 58% margins) with AMD's and Cyrix's chips that are being manufactured with .25 micron technology. I don't know what Intel is currently using in its three fabs that are cranking out .25 micron Pentiums. Intel has been using a Canon DUV stepper, though... 207.183.153.206