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  • Toshiba, NEC Electronics to team up on 32-nm chips

    12/06/2007 7:59:31 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 17 replies · 73+ views
    Reuters ^ | Tuesday, November 27, 2007 | Mayumi Negishi
    Japan's Toshiba Corp. and NEC Electronics Corp. said on Tuesday they would jointly develop 32-nanometre chips to better keep up with rivals. The companies will continue talks about jointly producing the chips, and aim to reach a decision in 2008, they said. The two had also approached Fujitsu Ltd, but spokesman Etsuro Yamada declined to comment on whether or not Fujitsu would join the group, only saying that "Fujitsu was considering various options." Chip makers are racing to halve the production cost per function of a chip every year or two. Samsung Electronics Co., IBM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd., Infineon...
  • Wall Street Journal - Apple Eyes Shifting Macintosh Line To Intel Chips

    06/04/2005 2:32:50 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 153 replies · 1,759+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | June 4, 2005 | DON CLARK and NICK WINGFIELD
    Excerpt, subscription required - SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple Computer Inc. is expected to announce Monday that it will begin shifting its Macintosh computer line next year to Intel Corp. chips, people familiar with the situation said. The move is a major change in strategy by Apple, a high-profile win for Intel, and a potential blow to International Business Machines Corp. and Freescale Semiconductor Inc., suppliers of the PowerPC chips that Apple has long used in its Macintosh systems. [snip]