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To: shane forbes who wrote (12785)	6/3/1998 6:53:00 AM
From: shane forbes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25814

(6% 1998 chip growth forecast - agrees with STM's #, disagrees with -1%) from wsj.com: Worldwide Semiconductor Mkt To Grow 6.0% This Yr: EIAJ Dow Jones Newswires TOKYO -- The worldwide semiconductor market will grow 6.0% in 1998 to $145.5 billion, Electronic Industries Association of Japan (EIAJ) forecast Tuesday. A spokesman for the association characterized this as a slow recovery, and said it was due to a weaker personal computer market in Japan, as well as the U.S. In 1997, the worldwide semiconductor market grew 4% after contracting 8.6% in 1996. In 2001, the association sees the market at $238 billion and in 2004 at $335 billion. In 1997, the worldwide semiconductor market grew 4% after contracting 8.6% in 1996. (In an item that ran at 0807 GMT, the year for the 4% semiconductor market growth rate was incorrectly stated.)