An Independent Journal Dedicated to the Advancement of Chip - Scale Electronics July - August 2000 Email the editor

I've got good news for readers of this magazine: Next year, Chip Scale Review will expand its publishing schedule from six to eight issues. Our stunning growth is due largely to you, our loyal readers, and to our growing roster of advertisers. That means, more than ever before, that we need your original articles. We need you to sit down at the computer and let the pride of authorship surround you! Tell us what you're doing in the world of advanced IC packaging and test. Neatness counts, but we don't expect polished prose; we're looking for solid content. Our editorial staff will take care of the English niceties.

Got an idea? An abstract? An article ready to go? Contact Editor Ron Iscoff at chipscale@cs.com. As we've said before, "This is your magazine!"

Next year you'll receive bi-monthly issues for January-February, May-June, August-September and November-December. The balance will be issued monthly. Space permitting, we'll publish our 2001 editorial calendar in the September-October issue. (You'll also be able to find it at our web site: www.ChipScaleReview.com).

We would also like you to point your mouse in the direction of our web site, above, when you need advertiser information fast. Working with Supersite.Net, we've developed Online Reader Service, which promises to revolutionize the way you receive follow-up information from advertisers. Try it. I think you'll like it.

Finally, by early next year you should receive your copy of Chip Scale Review much faster than you do now.

We mail third class (bulk rate) from the Midwest, where the magazine is printed, and it often takes two weeks for copies to reach the West Coast. That will change as soon as we qualify for second class mailing, probably in the first quarter of next year. Thanks for your patience and your continued support.

Hopefully, most, if not all, of you will receive your copies prior to SEMICON West in July. Please stop by and visit us at booth 15125, Civic Hall, at the San Jose Convention Center.

Gene Selven, Publisher
gselven@aol.com.