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Technology Stocks : Ultratech Stepper -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: David Aegis who wrote (2253)	3/24/1998 8:49:00 AM
From: prgraphics	Respond to of 3696

I recently read an article on a new Japenese Technology which is capable of producing .05 micron geometries using (I forget the name) cluster Ion beams or something(Still in Lab but expected to produce 1 Gig RAM parts in a couple of years. Having been in the industry for about 15+ years you'd thing I'd remember but alas the mind is gone. If I find the article again (unlikely) or someone else has read it let me know. The relevance is that the industry is very volitile. I remember when LAM=Etch and GCA Steppers ruled ( Actually Perkin Elmer before that but that was long ago ). My point? I'm not sure. I have a good position in UTEK and need to re-evalutate the company. At present I think the potential is very good, but due to the time to put the new plant on-line and maintaining sales of their Low resolution/High d.o.f Steppers, there are questions I need answered. GR