UMC has only one problem today, and that is how to fill a 12-inch [chip plant].

I had to interview a whole bunch like that today. They are all locals from single-child families. Only a few of them left me with good impression.

There are lots of new problems to solve today. Technology is perhaps our most powerful tool to get the job done.

Increased demand for wireless communication products, PC chipsets and LCD drivers in the computer segment was the key driver for the growth. Higher shipments of leading-edge technologies were also a primary reason for the 2 percent sequential increase in blended ASP. As a result, our Q4 revenue grew 16.5 percent and gross profit increased 68.3 percent sequentially.

Aside from a few exceptions, the inventory situation looks normal.

Visually, they are ratcheting up what it takes to be menacing. Would young guys today be intimidated by Bogey with his little .38? I doubt it.