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evilviper [soylentnews.org] writes:

IBM is reportedly investigating a sale of it's chip fabrication business. This sent shock waves through the industry, as IBM has invented many modern processes, and sells technology to half the world’s major companies: Samsung, Globalfoundries, UMC, STMicroelectronics, Renesas, NEC, Freescale, Toshiba and Infineon.

"IBM CEO Ginni Rometty has decided that IBM’s future is in software and services and chip manufacturing clearly doesn’t fall in either of these categories."

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/vie wpoints/ibm-fabs-sale-semiconductor-shock-2014-02/ [electronicsweekly.com]

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