Richard Chang Quotations

Our 2006 capital expenditure budget will be approximately $1.1 billion, which will be scalable depending on market conditions. In addition, we will pursue alternative opportunities to expand our capacity through the use of strategic alliances.

We continue to receive strong orders from our broad customer base across leading edge and mainstream technology nodes. As a result, our revenues and the average selling price of our wafers increased during the fourth quarter.

We can reach the break-even point with a utilization rate as low as 80 percent if we have the right product mixture.

The consumer wants US beef. There are people already flocking around the beef case picking up US beef.

The higher prices of Dram chips and the more profitable Nand flash memory products will help the company to record profit this year.