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The Motley Fool October 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	UMC for You and Me? A market glut walloped Taiwan's United Microelectronics' earnings this year. Will a recovery make these shares a good buy?
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InternetNews December 26, 2007 Christopher Saunders	China's Largest Chipmaker Gets IBM 45nm Tech IBM has found a major new licensee for its 45-nanometer chipmaking technology - Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
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InternetNews August 3, 2004 Michael Singer	IBM's New Semiconductor Technique The company develops a processor that can regulate and adapt its own actions in response to changing conditions and system demands.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2011 Anders Bylund	How to Play Intel's Investments Intel is investing billions of dollars around the world. How does a smart investor play that move?
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InternetNews March 26, 2007 Andy Patrizio	IBM Gives Networking A 16x Boost IBM researchers have come up with an optical networking chip measuring 3mm by 5mm but has 16 times the throughput of today's networking chips.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2010 Anders Bylund	Say Hello to Intel, the Foundry Service! Its clientele is extremely exclusive.
InternetNews March 26, 2004 Michael Singer	IBM Breeds Cross-Foundry Design Program The company strikes a deal with Chartered Semi, Artisan Components, and Virage Logic to advance its 90-nanometer plans.
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InternetNews February 17, 2004 Michael Singer	Big Blue Tweaks Chip Contender IBM's new 970FX combines three different technologies for its next generation PowerPC. Apple is cheering. Intel and AMD had better watch out.
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InternetNews April 12, 2007 Andy Patrizio	IBM Cures CPU Sprawl With 3D Stacking Instead of spreading out the circuits, IBM researchers say they've found a way to stack them up.
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PC Magazine April 28, 2004 Sebastian Rupley	Chip Co-Op IBM's chip-making arm is reaching out with its Power5 microprocessor, which will replace its Power4 chip found in many of the company's high-end servers and storage devices.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2009 Anders Bylund	AMD's First Chip-Making Customer Is a Doozy AMD's manufacturing operation will soon be able to frame its first dollar of non-AMD orders. What does it mean?
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InternetNews September 18, 2008 Andy Patrizio	How Small Can You Go? IBM Heads for 22nm New technique will allow IBM to continue the big shrink of microprocessors.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2009 Anders Bylund	AMD Plays Leapfrog With NVIDIA, Intel Decoupling manufacturing from chip design has given AMD the power of choice.
InternetNews March 11, 2008	TSMC, Others Start Work on $14.7B Chip Complex Top contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and two other Taiwan chipmakers began work on Tuesday on new plants for a T$450 billion complex that TSMC said is part of a long-term commitment to investing in the island.
The Motley Fool November 2, 2009 Anders Bylund	When the Chips Are Down, TSMC Delivers In hot weather and cold, Taiwan Semiconductor keeps delivering outsized profits.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2008 Anders Bylund	Best International Stock: Taiwan Semiconductor A quick summary of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, a company that gives investors all the opportunity of high-tech gadgets -- but none of the risk.
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InternetNews June 19, 2009 Andy Patrizio	AMD Spinoff GlobalFoundries Gets Aggressive Despite a lot of idle chip fabrication plants in Asia, AMD's former manufacturing arm has hit the ground running.
InternetNews May 12, 2004 Ron Miller	The 'Cell' That Gave Rise to Convergence Sony's plans for future playstations shift into gear with IBM and the duo's next version of the Cell chip.
The Motley Fool September 15, 2010 Anders Bylund	What Can This $10 Billion Investment Do for You? The chip manufacturing industry is shifting westward -- today's hegemony in the Far East is starting to share the cake with an upstart in the Middle East.
BusinessWeek July 5, 2004 Einhorn & Culpan	Chipmaking Titans Under Seige? Upstarts and giants alike are taking on global leaders Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and United Microelectronics Corp.
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InternetNews September 23, 2004 Michael Singer	IBM, AMD Retain Chipmaking Ties IBM and AMD have extended their chipmaking contract through 2008 in an effort to make smaller and faster CPUs.
InternetNews May 10, 2010	Will IBM Dump Its Foundry Business Soon? A consulting firm said the next thing for IBM to shed is its chip fab facilities, and Globalfoundries is the ideal partner. But will it happen?
BusinessWeek February 14, 2005 Steve Hamm	IBM Discovers the Power of One Its focus on a single chip line makes it a contender in almost every market.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2006 Dan Bloom	Semiconductor Growth Is Slowing Despite the prevalence of consumer electronics devices, sales growth has slowed dramatically since the '70s. The slowing growth rate of semiconductor chips should have investors rethinking how they should value and invest in this industry.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Dan Bloom	Texas Instruments' Surprising Move The firm decides to end some in-house manufacturing. Because this is the world's third-largest semiconductor company, one must wonder what the decision means for the future of captive manufacturing capacity. Investors, take note.
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