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To: carl a. mehr who wrote (46348)	1/25/1998 12:21:00 AM
From: Master (Hijacked)	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

"The NEXT Intel"-ISON and the Patented Isotopically Pure Silicon Wafer Wednesday January 21, 7:30 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Isonics Corporation Isonics Corporation Announces New Isotopically Pure Silicon-28 Epitaxial Wafer SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Isonics Corporation (OTC : ISON - news) announced the introduction of an advanced silicon wafer with improved thermal conductivity for the semiconductor industry. The Company believes that the improved thermal characteristics of these wafers, composed of a single isotope of silicon, Silicon-28, will facilitate the manufacture of higher density integrated circuits resulting in increased performance, improved chip yields, and shorter time-to-market for new designs. The elegance of isotopically pure Silicon-28 is that while it has better thermal properties than standard silicon, it can be used without any changes in existing silicon semiconductor manufacturing processes. At present the Company is identifying potential development partners to aid in evaluating this advanced material in a spectrum of applications. Isonics President and CEO, James E. Alexander stated, ''While Silicon-28 has been shown superior in certain thermal conductivity tests, we have not yet identified the full range and magnitude of benefits that isotopically pure Silicon-28 may ultimately provide the semiconductor industry. We anticipate that the benefits will be very application specific. Semiconductors today are so complex that the benefits of our Silicon-28 cannot be analyzed in advance. Instead, they must be proven by manufacturing existing products using our new Silicon-28 wafers and then comparing the results to standard wafers. ''We believe there are substantial benefits for current applications, but we also expect that the properties of our improved silicon will become critically important as the industry transitions to 12-inch wafers, copper interconnects and 0.18 micron design rules.'' Tests have shown that isotopically pure Silicon-28 has greater than 50 percent better thermal conductivity than natural silicon. The manufacture of these ultra-pure wafers involves growing an isotopically pure Silicon-28 epitaxial layer on a standard silicon single-crystal wafer. Silicon-28 epitaxial wafers are currently available in 4, 5, 6 and 8-inch diameters with n-type or p-type doping to customer specifications in quantities sufficient for prototype runs. Isonics is an advanced materials and technology company which develops and commercializes products based on enriched stable isotopes. Stable isotopes can be thought of as ultra-ultra pure materials. This high degree of purification provides enhanced performance properties compared to normal materials. Stable isotopes have commercial uses in several areas, including energy; research, medical diagnostics, and drug development; product tagging and stewardship; semiconductors; lasers; and optical materials.

To: carl a. mehr who wrote (46348)	1/25/1998 12:28:00 AM
From: Ibexx	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Dear carl, OTOTOT With all due respect, I have the following comments to offer. Compared with the others, AMAT inherently carries a greater degree of risk by being capital-intensive (high fix cost etc.) and thus extremely sensitive to product cycles and economic downturns. I have always traded the AMAT commons and LEAPS--profitably in most cases--but have chosen to restrict my exposure to it because of the above. My current favors are the leading wireless telcos, ATI and Lucent, just to name a few. suretrade.stkwtch.com Regards, Ibexx PS: With AMAT, one has to modify the buy and hold strategy rather drastically.