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

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (2376)	4/24/1998 6:59:00 PM
From: prgraphics	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3696

The likelyhood of Ultratech getting into the Deep UV market is unlikely unless things have dramatically changed since I last spoke with the company. Ultratech had been looking at below I-line lens for years. However, due the difficulty in making 1X reticles and the catadioptic design of the lens they made the correct marketing decsion to leverage their high d.o.f and relatively inexpensive Stepper into a Mix&Match environment and Thick Resist applications. Ultratech is well positioned and better off than having to deal with the intense Tech Support involved with nanometer geometries. The new aquistion brings them into the "High End" market and serves to diversify the company. All and all I thing this is a very good long term play. Gary R.