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To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (2118)	5/8/1999 1:07:00 AM
From: Cary Salsberg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2946

Ian, Katherine, In a SVGI corporate announcement a short while ago, they seemed to imply that their unique sytem of optics would allow them to take optical lithography to 157nm and other systems would, likely, not be able to follow. Did you get this same impression and do you accept it? If this is the case, doesn't it lessen the significance of INTC's interest in 157nm? Cary

To: Katherine Derbyshire who wrote (2118)	5/8/1999 1:08:00 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2946

Katherine, Go back and read my post(s) on the subject. Never have I shown awe at the magnitude of INTC's investment. Rather, I've indicated that this continuing investment in SVGI's R&D is both a significant and substantial vote of confidence in the company and its lithography prowess. Both you and Scott have focused on the $15M. The amount is practically irrelevant. The act, however, is quite significant. The world's leading Microprocessor maker has invested in SVGI. It has not made a similar investment in ASML, CANNY, NIKON or UTEK. I repeat, from an SVGI perspective, belittling the significance of this act is much less than candid, IMO. Your comment is not based on any fact or actual content of my post. That is not up to your normal journalistic standards. Rather, it appears to be your incorrect and unfounded conclusion. ... simply because he does not share your awe and wonder at the magnitude of Intel's investment. And by the way, unless I missed something, neither Scott nor I nor anyone else sought your capable assistance in this discussion. If you find it boring, there's a very simple solution available to you. It seems like this is the third or fourth conversation of this kind that we've had. It's getting pretty boring, frankly. All the same, if I had to choose whose posts I'd rather read, mine or yours, usually I would choose yours without hesitation. <g> FWIW, Ian.