Zeev, I updated the semi equipment backlog change chart <A HREF="http://home.comcast.net/~gottfriedm/SEMIcharts/backlogchange.gif" target="_blank">http://home.comcast.net/~gottfriedm/SEMIcharts/backlogchange.gif</A> SEMI billings are to Sep04, AMAT price to Oct04. If you stare at those long enough you see a correlation. Price leads. Gottfried