TSMC faces weak smartphone chip demand
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Blame the almighty dollar

The share value of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is falling faster than a team of free fall parachuting elephants who have forgotten to pack the key ingredient of their act.

Imagination -- there's no heaven
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Sales muted

Smartphone chip designer Imagination Technologies has blamed "muted" sales, and poor timing of orders as the reason it would fall short of growth predictions for the year.

Qualcomm and MediaTek reportedly shifting orders from TSMC
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Looking for cheaper 28nm alternatives?

Qualcomm and MediaTek are reportedly shifting some of their orders from TSMC, in search of better pricing.

Rumour: Samsung could move to acquire AMD
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To take on Intel and Qualcomm

According to South Korean media reports, Samsung is interested in acquiring AMD, all in an effort to compete with rival chipmakers Intel and Qualcomm. 

AMD sneaks out 64-bit ARM server details
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For shareholder's eyes only

Buried in AMD's shareholders' report, there was a some suprising detail about the outfit's first ARM 64-bit server SoCs.