To: Captain Jack who wrote (31260 ) 5/30/1999 10:08:00 AM From: C.K. Houston Read Replies (1) | Respond to
<"Did you catch "60 MINUTES" this past weekend" --- No! And if it had started while watching TV I would have changed the channel. >Message 9851372 "Guess I just see this as a more serious than you do." --- Possibly you do as I work with it every day. Chips are the biggest problem. >If no year 2000 solutions have been implemented in a 4- to 6-inch wafer fab built in the 1980s, then 55% to 65% of the tools are expected to fail. But fabs built in the 1990s "can expect 90% or more of their equipment to fail," says Wohlwend, program manager for the Y2K Initiative at Sematech Inc., whose 15 semiconductor manufacturer members are responsible for about half the world's total chip production ... Sematech has found a high rate of failure in the tools so far, even in systems that have already received Y2K upgrades ... With the world's semiconductor production in jeopardy, why haven't chip companies been more vocal about the problem? Because they are afraid of lawsuits, says Jeff Weir, director of communications for the Semiconductor Industry Association, a trade organization for chip manufacturers in San Jose ...eb-mag.com Message 9794708 Most everything has a workaround to function at least in reduced capacity but all known will be or have been replaced in most organizations/companies. >Wal Mart, Intel and Conagra rated "Low" for Y2K Progress; GM, Ford,Texaco, Chevron, Bell Atlantic rated "Below Average" ... Message 9461695
