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To: BillyG who wrote (20288)	12/1/1998 1:03:00 PM
From: derek cao	Respond to of 25960

Steal from Intel thread: Message 6623644 >>Intel is looking for even bigger savings in production costs. It is accelerating by six months, to mid-1999, its move to next-generation chip manufacturing technology: Shrinking the width of circuits on chips from 0.25 microns--about one-four-hundredths of the thickness of a human hair--to just 0.18 microns. That lets Intel make 75% more chips per silicon wafer, dramatically slashing its unit costs. And instead of buying all-new production gear, the company plans to reuse 70% of its current equipment as it shifts to 0.18-micron widths. These and other moves should raise gross profits by more than $1 billion in 1999.<< Derek