It looks like Taiwan's fab lines suffered only minor damage. I'd
imagine repair, calibration and test delays will keep some of them
off-line for awhile. It remains to be seen what, if any, impact this
will have on xRAM supplies or other products.

   Back to the real tragedy, may God comfort those folks...

   - Tom

At 11:55 AM 9/24/99 -0400, Andy Kunz wrote:
>At 11:35 AM 9/24/99 -0400, you wrote:
>>Anyone know of a good source (or two) for inexpensive (<$10, preferably
>><$5) accelerometers? They need to be relatively sensitive but not overkill,
>>and quite robust. Something like Analog Devices ADXL series but cheaper.
>
>Those are pretty unique devices right now.  You won't find them cheaper
>until they start going whole hog in Taiwan doing micromachining.
>
>Since a large portion of their infrastructure will be under construction
>for a while, I wouldn't hold my breath.  But, if I were a plant manager
>whose factory was destroyed, I think I know what I would rebuild it to
make...
>
>Andy


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New Age Communications
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