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To: Fred Levine who wrote (26157)	11/11/1998 7:17:00 PM
From: Fortinwit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 70976

Fred, all: Just keep in perspective that SIA has a somewhat less than perfect track record. In point: GLOBAL CHIP MARKET TO GROW NEARLY 17 % IN 1998; TOTAL SALES SHOULD EXCEED $232 BILLION IN 2000 semichips.org GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR SALES TO DECLINE 1.8 PERCENT IN 1998; STRONG GROWTH OF 17-19 PERCENT FORECAST FOR 1999-2001 semichips.org WORLD CHIP MARKET TO GROW 7.4 PERCENT IN 1997; SEMICONDUCTOR SALES SHOULD APPROACH $200 BILLION BY 1999 semichips.org % GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR MARKET SHOULD GROW 4.6 % IN 1997; GROWTH RATES OF 20 % OR MORE FORECAST FOR 1998, 1999 AND 2000 semichips.org F.