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Semiconductor showdown

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Makers of chips seek a wider audience

Part One: The embattled semiconductor industry turns its attention to the forces threatening to reshape the sector completely

Squaring up for a battle in miniature

Part Three: Mobile phones like Apple’s iPhone and netbooks are setting Intel and Arm Holdings on a collision course

Moore’s Law reaches its economic limits

Part Two: The costs and risks involved in building new fabs is driving makers of logic chips towards a ‘fabless’ model

Recession tests Taiwanese chipmakers

Part Four: Taiwan’s poor economic performance in the past half year is testing the island’s chipmakers’ resilience

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