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To: Duker who wrote (2535)	2/3/1999 6:16:00 PM
From: Math Junkie	Respond to of 5867

CMP Polisher Market up 35.7% in 1999 According to The Information Network BusinessWire, Wednesday, February 03, 1999 at 11:58 NEW TRIPOLI, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 1999--The CMP (Chemical Mechanical Planarization) market will resume its skyrocketing track in 1999, according to the report CMP Technology: Competition, Products, Markets, recently published by The Information Network, a New Tripoli, PA-based market research company. "The CMP market is outpacing the rest of the semiconductor equipment market," notes Dr. Robert N. Castellano, President of The Information Network. "CMP polisher sales will grow 35.7% in 1999, compared to 10.3% for the entire front-end equipment market. In 1998, the CMP market grew 3.2% while the entire semiconductor equipment market dropped 20%." The merger of IPEC (NASDAQ:IPEC) and SpeedFam (NASDAQ:SFAM) moves the combined companies into the number one spot in unit shipments and number two in revenues. Growth in the CMP slurry market will even outpace the polisher market, growing 37.9% in 1999. Cabot (NYSE:CBT) leads in the marketplace. The Information Network is the leading consulting and market research company addressing the semiconductor, computer, and telecommunications industries. CONTACT: The Information Network, New Tripoli Dr. Robert N. Castellano, 610/285-4548 Web - www.theinformationnet.com E-mail - tin@theinformationnet.com KEYWORD: PENNSYLVANIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET TELECOMMUNICATIONS Today's News On The Net - Business Wire's full file on the Internet with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL: businesswire.com

To: Duker who wrote (2535)	2/3/1999 7:56:00 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5867

Worldwide Chip Sales to Rise 15% in 1999, Dataquest Says Bloomberg News February 2, 1999, 6:50 a.m. PT Worldwide Chip Sales to Rise 15% in 1999, Dataquest Says San Jose, California, Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Worldwide semiconductor sales are expected to rise 15 percent in 1999 to $154.5 billion after slumping for the past three years, according to market researcher Dataquest Inc. Much of that increase will come in the second half, as people buy new computers to replace the machines they fear may fail because of the so-called Year 2000 bug. ''The third quarter of 1999 should bring good semiconductor growth -- helped in part by 'protective ordering' in advance of potential Year 2000 problems,'' Dataquest analyst Ron Bohn said in a statement. Older computers could crash on Jan. 1 because of a flaw that prevents software from distinguishing between 1900 and 2000. Dataquest, a unit of Gartner Group Inc., also expects that memory-chip prices will rise. That could benefit companies such as Micron Technology Inc., the biggest U.S. memory-chip maker.