Global chip makers cut 2007 sales outlook
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| The new outlook underlines the sense of oversupply within the industry,
| which had expected a bigger jump in demand from Microsoft Corp.'s
| Vista. Severe price falls hurt chip makers in the January-March
| quarter.
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http://yahoo.reuters.com/news/articlehybrid.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20070530:MTFH10234_2007-05-30_07-47-13_T74699&type=comktNews&rpc=44
Related (just before Vista's release):
TSMC: Vista adoption will not boost PC sales
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| TSMC, the world's largest contract chip maker, believes PC sales
| growth in 2007 will be similar to last year, despite the hype
| surrounding the launch of Vista. The company is considered an IT
| industry bellwether due to the wide variety of chips it
| manufactures. TSMC also does its own market research in order
| to decide how much it should spend on new factories.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070125/tc_infoworld/85432
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