1) Globalfoundries is doubling spending on capital equipment for 2011. Last year they spent 2.7 billion. This year they plan to spend 5.4 billion. Last year in comparison, Intel spent 5.2 B, Samsung 10B and TSMC spent 5.9B.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-10/globalfoundries-to-double-spending-on-plants-equipment-in-2011.html
2) Dirk Meyer is stepping down as CEO from AMD. CFO Thomas Seifert will act as interim CEO. No permanent replacement identified.
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212114/AMD-CEO--What-analysts-are-saying
3) Microsoft announced that next version of windows will run on ARM architecture. ARM is made by Qualcom, Nvidia and TI.
http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/229000506/intel-arm-to-challenge-one-anothers-strengths.htm;jsessionid=kHBoW4G334ZeRWLfGVCimA**.ecappj01
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