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To: Investor2 who wrote (1043)	6/3/1998 11:09:00 AM
From: Andrew Vance	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1305

I really do not know and will try to find out. However, the article is somewhat misleading. First, this is a University "breakthrough" much like the 0.08u features printed by the University of Texas at Austin. These breakthroughs do not mean that production implementation is just around the corner. Second, the article states "practical" use in 1999 but does not state widespread production implementation or production worthiness. Finally, the call it a "manufacturing system". I do not believe that the existing equipment suppliers have been left out of the loop. No comment was made on the equipment required and the cost of that equipment. I would think the major suppliers of semiconductor process equipment would still be players in this new process. It wouldn't suprise me to see a little bit of "hype" being used in the Pacific arena to help bolster the prices of some of the companies there or to see a Japanese response to the recent US report concerning the spherical IC process. Gamesmanship in these very volatile times may be what is actually occurring. Andrew