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To: pat mudge who wrote (17941)	6/1/1998 7:06:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 25960

NEC to build 300-mm wafer fab in California By David Lammers TOKYO - Though it's keeping a wary eye on demand from the systems market, NEC Corp. is expected to announce today that it will build a 300-mm (12-inch) wafer fab at its Roseville, Calif., facility that will go into production in 2002, when 1-Gbit DRAMs begin their volume ramp. NEC senior executive vice president Hajime Sasaki was scheduled to appear with California Gov. Pete Wilson at a Monday morning press briefing on the steps of the California Statehouse to announce the plan to build the 300-mm facility, to be called the G-line (the "G" is for gigabit). With an expected investment of $1.4 billion and employment of about 700, the G-line is the first announced 300-mm wafer fab by a Japanese company, though many companies have projected a shift to the larger wafers in the gigabit era. The initial design rule is expected to be 0.15 micron, with a shift to 0.13 micron as argon-fluoride excimer steppers advance. More............. eet.com