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To: puborectalis who wrote (76777)	3/19/1999 9:28:00 AM
From: Paul Fiondella	Respond to of 186894

Book to Bill out North American Semiconductor Equipment Industry Posts February 1999 Book-to-Bill Ratio of 1.17 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 18, 1999 -- The North American semiconductor equipment industry posted a book-to-bill ratio of 1.17 for February 1999, it was reported by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI). A book-to-bill of 1.17 means $117 in orders were received for each $100 worth of products shipped. "We appear to be seeing some stabilization after four months of steady bookings growth, and this is in line with industry forecasts for 1999," said Stanley Myers, president of SEMI. "There have been no big surprises in either the chip or electronics markets to cause a sudden change in direction for equipment makers. We remain optimistic that a continued strong economy will lead to a more robust upturn by year's end." Three-month average shipments in February 1999 were $820 million. The figure is five percent below the January 1999 level, and is 40 percent below the February 1998 level of $1.4 billion. Three-month average bookings were flat in February 1999 at $962 million. The bookings figure is 22 percent below the February 1998 level of $1.2 billion.

To: puborectalis who wrote (76777)	3/19/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: Jeff Fox	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Steve - Ever wonder why Intel does these "overclocked" demos? From the Reuters story: At a CeBIT technology trade fair news conference, the computer-chip maker demonstrated a Pentium processor running at about 800 megahertz -- 60 percent faster than the new Pentium III Xeon chip it unveiled the day before. The answer - its totally effective at thwarting Jerry's AMD disinformation campaign. You know that Jerry's minions showed up at C-Bit prepared to announce the K7 as the "fastest x86 processor in the world" running a chilled, overvoltage, lab tweaked, one-of-a-kind buggy prototype in a maxed out system box running some benchmark edited to avoid all the bugs. The Intel demo trumps his hand! Of course Intel prominently discloses that its demo is a ruse. By example the lemming reporters ask AMD if theirs is any more real - a real conversation stopper with AMD! Jeff