Chipmakers respond to changing market

 

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Chipmakers regroup as prices continue to plummet. National Semiconductor announces a new "computer-on-a-chip, AMD loses its COO and reports a loss, and IDT exits the Intel-clone market. "Intel's introduction of the Celeron processor has allowed them to collapse the price umbrella within the basic PC segment." - AMD CEO Jerry Sanders

National offers computer-on-a-chip NationalSemiconductor launches the Geode family of chips, which integrates most of the electronic functions needed for an information appliance such as a TV set-top box. IDT to quit Intel chip-clone business Plunging processor prices hit another company as the designer of Intel-compatible chips gets ready to exit the market. AMD reports loss as operating chief quits Advanced Micro Devices suffers dual setbacks, announcing a second-quarter net loss of $162 million and the departure of Atiq Raza.