Hello? Remember Motorola

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Motorola bah! They invent the cell phone, they power my slowpoke PowerBook and they're guilty of Economic Treason-by-Stupidity.

Motorola falls from Top 10 chip rankings for the first time
CMPnetAsia, Singapore - 24-Jul-2003
For the first time ever... Motorola fell from the top 10 rankings in terms of worldwide chip sales for the first half of 2003, according to Scottsdale-based IC Insights.
Motorola has been a fixture in the listing of top 10 semiconductor suppliers ever since the ranking was first compiled...
And how have the mighty fallen. In 1985, Motorola was the third largest semiconductor company in the world, and in 1995, the company held the fifth spot in the top 10 listing.
Meanwhile, Intel Corp. maintained its number one position among the worldwide top 10 semiconductor suppliers, with US$12.21 billion in sales for the first half of 2003, up 3 percent over the like period a year ago.

Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. remained in the second spot...Japan's Renesas Technology Corp. made the top 10 rankings for the first time....third largest IC maker in terms of sales in the first half of 2003, according to IC Insights. ...Japan's Toshiba Corp. retained the fifth spot with US$3.66 billion in sales, up 27 percent.
STMicroelectronics Inc. remained in sixth with US$3.32 billion in sales, up 15 percent, while Infineon Technologies AG and NEC Corp. switched places in the rankings.

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Japan chip maker Renesas 'may cut 14,000 jobs'

Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp. is considering cutting up to 14,000 jobs or 30 percent of its workforce as part of a major restructuring plan, according to news reports.

The company is also considering selling a major factory to a Taiwanese firm, while closing or scaling down other plants, said the Nikkei and the Asahi Shimbun newspapers as well as Kyodo News.

Renesas, which lost 62.6 billion yen ($785 million) in the year to March, also plans to raise 100 billion yen, mainly from its top shareholders NEC, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric, the Nikkei said.

The company wants to sell its major factory in Yamagata to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the Nikkei said.

The plant, with 1,400 workers, produces semiconductors used in televisions and other digital gadgets. But low domestic demand has forced the company to reduce operations at the factory, the Nikkei said.

In a short statement, Renesas distanced itself from the reports, saying no formal decision had yet been made.

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Japan chip maker Renesas 'may cut 14,000 jobs'

Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Electronics Corp. is considering cutting up to 14,000 jobs or 30 percent of its workforce as part of a major restructuring plan, according to news reports...
....Renesas, which lost 62.6 billion yen ($785 million) in the year to March, also plans to raise 100 billion yen, mainly from its top shareholders NEC, Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electric, the Nikkei said...

Apple to eat the Pig. Soon to have indigestion.

Apple in talks to buy Japanese chipmaker
CNET.com | 2014apr01
Apple may be looking to acquire a unit of Renesas Electronics that makes LCD chips for mobile devices, according to a Nikkei report. The deal could be worth close to half a billion dollars.
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