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From: rpeglar@csinc.UUCP (Rob Peglar x615)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: New Moto FP chip
Summary: Yes you do.
Keywords: TRW CPUAX SuperChip
Message-ID: <160@csinc.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 90 20:16:43 GMT
References: <579@sagpd1.UUCP> <2413@motaus.UUCP> <25aa6e06.6de@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Organization: Control Systems, Inc., St. Paul MN
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In article <25aa6e06.6de@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>, news@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (News Guru) writes:

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> 
> An article on this appears in EE Times 1/8/90, p.4, "TRW fabs VHSIC
> superchip." I am somewhat troubled by one sentence in the article.
> I quote (w/o permission, sorry), "The company achieved 0.5-micron
> feature sizes on a high numerical-aperture g-line stepper from Nikon."
> [The "company" being Moto ]
> 
> Umm, given the recent complaints that the Japanese are taking over
> the semiconductor processing equipment market ... I'm wondering
> if the US very-high-speed IC program for the DOD is being built
> on Japanese technology?   Do I have the right Nikon?

Yes, you do.  In a recent article in Forbes, it was stated that Nikon
was buying up Perkin-Elmer technology for chip fab.  Article also had
the tone of "ominousness" all over it.  Details omitted.

Land of the Rising Sun?  Your guess.

Rob
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