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Technology Stocks : Speedfam [SFAM] Lovers Unite ! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: hydrozonie who wrote (3101)	7/9/1998 12:24:00 AM
From: Donald B. Fuller	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3736

>>When I owned its stock, SFAM appeared to be putting most of its research and development efforts into 300 mm tools and tools able to process copper. It seems they were putting less effort in developing 0.18 nm capability. So, first of all, does anyone know where SFAM currently is in these three directions?>> I'm not a semi engineer but believe there is no special difference in the CMP requirement between .25, .18, .13, etc.. They are just planarizing the wafers, not etching them. If I'm speaking out of school and one of you real engineering types knows better, by all means correct me. Don