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"The number of companies building and designing microprocessors is likely to shrink by approximately 40 percent over the next 10 years, analysts from Gartner predicted at the research firm's Semiconductor Industry Summit conference here this week"
"However, more advanced process technologies, and the added complexity they introduce, will slow down the rate at which these "fab-less" companies can bring their own chips to market, Gelsinger said. "It's going to increase the separation of the haves and have nots.""
"The number of companies building and designing microprocessors is likely to shrink by approximately 40 percent over the next 10 years, analysts from Gartner predicted at the research firm's Semiconductor Industry Summit conference here this week"
"However, more advanced process technologies, and the added complexity they introduce, will slow down the rate at which these "fab-less" companies can bring their own chips to market, Gelsinger said. "It's going to increase the separation of the haves and have nots.""
