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To: Michael Sphar who wrote (5244)	7/22/1998 10:12:00 PM
From: B Tate	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9980

Michael some observations re 200mm wafer fab; <<<<But in case they are starting from scratch, it takes upwards from 1 - 1.2 billion US to establish a worldclass 200mm wafer fab say 30,000 wafers per month, and that>>>>> Not likely that this amount of funding is readily available locally in Malaysia today. <<<<<< doesn't include things like reliable clean power,>>>>> Right, Tanaga is about as reliable as dead fish. Your sure they stink. We are located in a "high-tech" park and loose power totally 3 -4 times a week (that's just during business hours!) Can't imagine what the situation is in East Malaysia. <<<<< a good quality DI water supply,>>>>>>> Read some of Stitch's past posts on the availability of water. Some of the major fabs in the area are suffering multi million dollar losses. <<<<<<easy access to international airshipping,>>>>>> Reasonable access. <<<<<<a covey of captive chem engineers, >>>>> Don't know how many of the 'long house' people (Iban) have degrees in chem. there must be some though with the petroleum industry so prevalent in the area. <<<<<< reasonable network to the world and a sales and technical staff in the country where one's customers are going to be located, and oh yes, customers in search of>>>>>>> Your guess is as good as mine! ;-) rgds bt