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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.
Fast Company March 2003 Keith H. Hammonds	Motorola Bets on Its Chips A radical new business model overturns all the old rules. Now, will it work?
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BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Einhorn & Aston	Few Fabs For The Fabless Asian chipmakers may be enjoying their recovery, but some of their customers are getting nervous. Ask the "fabless" companies that design chips, then farm production out to foundries such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and United Microelectronics Corp.
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