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To: Tulvio Durand who wrote (16058)	3/26/1998 2:19:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 25960

It is expecting too much to presuppose that Korean press releases are accurate... I would think they are well aware of the UT achievements!

To: Tulvio Durand who wrote (16058)	3/26/1998 2:28:00 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25960

RE:I suppose these guys don't believe the .08-micron lithography achievement recently reported by University of Texas using Cymer's ArF laser. To be fair, the author of the article may not believe it. I'm sure LG does. Heck, Intel has mentioned they have first silicon on 0.13 and this was using optical litho. Anyway, blank check R&D spending is not something I would expect the Koreans to continue. They need to focus on short-term operating results. Bob

To: Tulvio Durand who wrote (16058)	3/26/1998 6:51:00 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25960

The Korean press release is correct on a technicality. The UV light (mercury vapor) currently used in fabs cannot get down to these smaller rule sizes. You need a smaller wavelength such as a Cymer Deep UV laser, or Extreme UV laser (which is nearly x-ray), or an x-ray source. X-ray equipment has a long way to go and will be more expensive, while DUV and EUV will produce smaller and smaller size rules as the technology progresses. The change-over from DUV to EUV is off in the future. The change-over from EUV to x-ray is even further off in the future.