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To: Joe Donato who wrote (40037)	10/16/1998 12:00:00 PM
From: Fabeyes	Respond to of 53903

No, they are not fully converted. There is one Fab in Korea and they are converting the one in Austin. The Austin plant, from what I understand, has the DUV Stepper and CMP processes which make it possible to work with the die size we are talking about. They are now shrinking as fast as Micron. Also they too got a shot in the bankroll from Intel earlier this year. Is Intel playing both ends to keep prices down?

To: Joe Donato who wrote (40037)	10/16/1998 12:04:00 PM
From: steve kelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 53903

I have been told by a ASM rep that Samsung has the steppers in place in Austin and in 2 fab's in korea that make those fabs capable of the 400+ dpw wafer 64M SDRAM. I have also talked to an engineer from there FA group that has told me that in Austin and at least there sister fab in korea that they are fully converted to a 64M die that has 400+ dpw and they are yielding 96% in Austin and 92% in korea.