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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.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Bruce Einhorn	A Chip Boom? In Asia, At Least With the tech recovery, contract foundries are revving up and gaining clout.
IEEE Spectrum June 2005 Linda Geppert	Silicon Gold Rush Taiwan's chip makers can't resist the lure of China, the world's largest consumer of semiconductors.
InternetNews November 27, 2007	Toshiba, NEC Team on 32nm Chips Chip makers Toshiba and NEC Electronics said on Tuesday they would jointly develop 32-nanometer chips to better keep up with rivals.
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005	A Playbook For Taking On Big Blue Chairman Naoyuki Akikusa talks about Fujitsu's strategy, future and fast computers and chips.
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.
InternetNews January 6, 2004 Colin Haley	IBM Snatches Chip Deal Big Blue's investment in a new semiconductor factory begins to pay off against its competition.
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Bruce Einhorn	Why Taiwan Matters The global economy couldn't function without Taiwan. But can it really find peace with China?
BusinessWeek November 7, 2005 Bruce Einhorn	A High-Tech Capital Runs Dry On Engineers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is in the market for hundreds of engineers and technicians, and it's having trouble finding them.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Bruce Einhorn	Chip Design Will Go East, Too That'll be the next to shift to Asia, says industry vet C.D. Tam
InternetNews October 7, 2008 Andy Patrizio	AMD Dumps Fabrication Plants Advanced Micro Devices today finally unveiled its long-hinted "Asset Smart" strategy, and it was what everyone suspected it would be: a divestiture of its fabrication facilities.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Will Frankenhoff	Taiwan Semiconductor: Making Profits Chip by Chip Taiwan Semiconductor should benefit from its leadership position in the semiconductor foundry sector and its attractive valuation versus its peers. The company also pays a dividend of roughly 3%. Investors, take note.
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.
BusinessWeek November 12, 2009 Bruce Einhorn	Taiwan's New Tech Dreams As the PC business declines, Taiwan's top tech players are shifting out of low-margin businesses and into smartphones, solar-power chips, and beyond.
IEEE Spectrum May 2011 Tekla S. Perry	Morris Chang: Foundry Father TSMC's Morris Chang pioneered the $28 billion semiconductor foundry industry, kicking off a revolution in the business of chips.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2009 Anders Bylund	Chip Makers Call Market Bottom Taiwanese chip makers and gadget assembly companies restart idled production lines.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2009 Anders Bylund	Two Wrongs Make a Right in Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is building a globe-spanning chip-maker that rivals the Taiwanese market leaders. But does it make any sense?
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.
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.
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InternetNews September 19, 2008 Andy Patrizio	Business Getting Harder For Chip Makers Report finds there is less room for error than ever and even the richest players are stressed.
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Bruce Einhorn	Taiwan's Climb Up the Tech Ladder It's becoming a center for R&D as well as manufacturing
The Motley Fool October 28, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	An 800-Pound Semiconductor Gorilla Does Taiwan Semiconductor's dominance among chip fabricators guarantee profits? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2010 Anders Bylund	Say Hello to Intel, the Foundry Service! Its clientele is extremely exclusive.
InternetNews November 11, 2008 Andy Patrizio	IBM's Advanced Chip Fab Available for Hire Got a cutting edge chip and no one can manufacture it? IBM might have the solution for you with its 45nm foundry.
IEEE Spectrum April 2012 Yu-Tzu Chiu	Taiwan's Tech Hubs Take Advantage of Disasters After Japan's earthquake and Thailand's floods, firms are building backup manufacturing sites
The Motley Fool October 26, 2006 Anders Bylund	The Upside of Taiwan Semi's Gloomy Goals Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the dominant player in a very large business, and many of the biggest names in semiconductors use its services to produce state-of-the-art chips to specifications. Investors, take note.
InternetNews December 26, 2003 Sean Michael Kerner	Fujitsu, Sumitomo to Build Chip Devices Fujitsu and Sumitomo form a joint venture to produce compound semiconductor devices to serve the telecommunications market.
InternetNews April 27, 2005 Michael Singer	TSMC Touts New Chip Making Technology The world's largest foundry-for-hire gears up to release new products this year based on 65-nanometer process technology.
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?
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.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2010 Anders Bylund	Taiwan Semi Should Be a Home Run Stock Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing shareholders are quite used to hearing this refrain: Profit soars; the stock doesn't. What gives?
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.
The Motley Fool April 27, 2010 Anders Bylund	Taiwan Semi Deserves Your Full Attention Taiwan Semiconductor is the world's largest chip-manufacturing outfit, and current industrywide shortages represent a huge growth opportunity for the company.
The Motley Fool September 20, 2011 Evan Niu	Apple Moves to Taiwan The Mac maker may be switching its chip production to Taiwan Semiconductor.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2007 Dan Bloom	Taiwan Semiconductor Points Up After months of sales declines, Taiwan Semiconductor sees some improvement. Investors, take note.
InternetNews April 14, 2005 Michael Singer	Spansion Headed For Wall Street, Main Street AMD and Fujitsu set the IPO wheels in motion for their joint Flash memory group.
InternetNews April 6, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Chip Sales Continue to Suffer The end of 2008 was a real bad time for chip makers. It didn't get much better in early 2009, either.
The Motley Fool September 19, 2011 Anders Bylund	Apple Finds New Playmates Cupertino is taking its lucrative ball away from Samsung and going home.
InternetNews October 12, 2004 Michael Singer	AMD, Fujitsu Fab Shifts to Memory AMD has decided to cease production on its logic chips in favor of its memory processors.
The Motley Fool November 12, 2004 Tim Beyers	Hunting for Hidden Giants This week, we discuss how to find these hidden giants and take a look at one promising stock that, like the proverbial elephant in the room, is so big it's being ignored.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2011 Christian Zibreg	Intel to Build $5 Billion Chip Factory in Arizona "Fab 42" will be able to manufacture bigger, more powerful chips.
InternetNews October 5, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Fujutsu, SAP Strengthen Partnership Fujitsu and SAP AG said they are expanding their services partnership to compete better in key markets.
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?
The Motley Fool June 15, 2011 Tim Beyers	This Is Asia's Best Chip Stock What makes Taiwan Semi interesting is its market position and valuation.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2011 Anders Bylund	Who Wins When Apple Ditches Samsung? If Apple takes its chips and goes home, the clear winner comes from Taiwan.
InternetNews June 29, 2004 Michael Singer	Fujitsu, Microsoft Focus on the Mainframe The pact centers on future systems running 'Longhorn' Server over Intel's Itanium processors.
InternetNews June 23, 2004 Michael Singer	Fujitsu SPARCs Lineup On the road to convergence with Sun, the chipmaker develops new 90-nm processor.
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