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Processing the Changes in Chips Slower growth, monster fabs, and less cyclical volatility mean a whole new ball game for the industry's players, large and small alike Intel: A Not-So-Fab Future? Betting big on production capacity has kept the chipmaker No. 1, but analysts aren't sure if the strategy still makes sense TI's Strategy in the Slump: "Play Offense" CEO Tom Enigbous is keeping the chipmaker's R&D at boom levels as "next year's -- or even 10-year -- revenues depend greatly" on it Qualcomm's Cutting-Edge Strategy "Our CDMA technology...has been driving sales," explains confident co-founder Irwin Jacobs, who sees a golden world of profits ahead For Chipmakers, Less of Moore? The industry trade group's latest forecast contains a dire implication: The glory days are over, especially for smaller outfits | |
 INT'L COVER STORY Dawn of the Superchip Tech companies are racing to put whole systems onto a single processor (11/11/02) INT'L COVER STORY Chips on Monster Wafers How the shift to larger wafers and thin circuits will transform the industry (11/11/02) NEWS ANALYSIS Meet the New Silicon Speed Demon At 350 gigahertz, this IBM transistor is the fastest ever. And it's just the first of a new generation of tiny powerhouses (11/5/02) PEOPLE No Nerd at Intel's Top? Heresy! The CEO-in-waiting, Paul Otellini, is a master marketer (11/4/02) STREET WISE Micron Grabs for Stabilizers Savaged by the PC sales slump, the memory-chip giant is diversifying into new, fast-growing areas to smooth its cyclical upheavals (10/31/02) | |
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