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To: SemiBull who wrote (5754)	6/9/1998 10:31:00 AM
From: Katherine Derbyshire	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

>>I never stated who made which tool. Further, it is still my understanding that at least semis pushing Cu is using two this tool supplier approach, regardless of the NVLS announcement.<< There's always a tradeoff for chipmakers between wanting a single source solution and wanting the best of breed for each individual process step. Also, until the NVLS announcement, anyone wanting to do copper would have to buy from two suppliers because there was no single provider. >>IMHO, I would extremely shocked if they wasted their precious resources given their current economic circumstances on aluminum damascene when several big Japanese semis have acknowledged the importance of Cu. It would seem more logical for them to forego damascene altogether and wait till they found it more financially viable.<< Like I said, I don't understand it either, but the Japanese are presenting an awful lot of papers about Al damascene. Katherine