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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (18339)	3/31/1998 10:51:00 PM
From: roly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Ramsey, techweb.cmp.com With the announcement, the Korean chip maker appears to be pushing aggressively ahead with its 300-mm migration despite its troubles in DRAMs and other difficulties related to the Asian financial crisis. A few months from now, more 300mm announcement will come out. I'm expecting some from Taiwan. As I have indicated in the past, the race to 300mm is ON. Guess who is the major equipment provider. Good luck. Roly

To: Ramsey Su who wrote (18339)	4/1/1998 9:29:00 AM
From: Teri Skogerboe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 70976

Ramsey, Re: "Fujitsu and Hitachi hope to cut DRAM-related costs by halting production in Europe and reducing new investment." I think it's just a sign of the times. DRAM pricing is so bad, meaning oversupply is significant, that some players will cut back in this area and shift to other types of chips, like logic, foundry, etc. In my view, this could be a near-term (but very temporary) positive because selected equipment purchases will be made for the conversion. Beyond a quarter or two, it's a negative, because we could easily be changing the over-supply situation from one area of chips to another. If Hitachi and others felt a DRAM recovery was imminent (as some analysts are "selling") and the long-term future was bright, would they be making plans to "stop fabricating DRAMs in Europe by 2000"? Just my opinion, Regards, Teri