Micron Opening Lobbying Office in DC
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| Micron Technology Inc., on Thursday said it has opened a government
| affairs office in Washington to lead the computer memory maker's
| lobbying efforts on patent reform, international trade, research
| funding and other issues.
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| Carroll, 33, worked for the last six years as trade policy
| director for semiconductor maker Intel Corp., which she joinedi
| n 1998 as European government affairs policy manager based in
| Brussels, Belgium.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070301/micron_expansion.html?.v=1
Also in 'chip news':
UN Officials Discuss Digital Divide
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| Intel Chairman Craig Barrett said the Santa Clara-based semiconductor
| company was working with 60 governments in the developing world to
| bring low-cost financing of personal computers and high-speed
| Internet access to 1 billion people.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070301/ca_bay_digital_divide.html?.v=1
Don't these actions toward 'equality' remind you of another monopoly? Abuse
the market, then pay (lip service) for forgiveness.
Photo Gallery: AMD claims its ATI R600 is primed, ready to beat NVidia's 8800
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| Among the various agenda items at today's AMD press conference was a
| report card on it's plans for CPU/GPU integration -- a part of the
| company's long term vision now that it has acquired graphics tech
| titan ATI.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Berlind/?p=364
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