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To: Smilodon who wrote (322)	1/5/1999 12:32:00 PM
From: Robert Chen	Respond to of 1881

techweb.com Flash memory will remain oversupplied for most of 1999, although ASPs have fallen as far as possible, suppliers said. After witnessing 45% price erosion in 1998, Silicon Storage Technology Inc. next year will raise tags across its older product lines and transition most of its customers to new low-cost parts by May, said Derek Best, vice president of sales and marketing for the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based flash-memory and module supplier. The new parts, using finer process geometries, will be cheaper to manufacture, thus allowing the company to once again realize gross-profit margins. "We can't continue to supply a market that's costing us money," Best said. Robert