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To: Demosthenes who wrote (6785)	8/24/1998 7:39:00 PM
From: nigel bates	Respond to of 10921

... could be a comment on the literacy of your avg Economist subscriber Nig

To: Demosthenes who wrote (6785)	8/25/1998 5:30:00 PM
From: Thomas J Pittman	Respond to of 10921

Retirement notice: biz.yahoo.com J

To: Demosthenes who wrote (6785)	8/26/1998 10:16:00 PM
From: MarkFin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

<< "From the time you started reading this sentence until the moment you finish it, over 1 billion transistors will come into being.">> Consider the following: One VLSI die may contain >5 million transistors in an area of approximately 1 square centimeter. One 200MM wafer may contain >200 die. Therefore, 5 million X 200 = 1 billion transistors on one 200 MM wafer!!! It took me 5 seconds to read the above statement. If my math is correct then it may actually be a conservative statement with the number of 200MM fabs in the world. MarkFin