IBM exits semiconductor business and re-creates itself

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With chip fabs gone, IBM's hardware future will be in high-end design Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst on the impact of cloud and mobile Network World Daily News PM October 20, 2014 IBM exits semiconductor business and re-creates itself With its decision today to sell its semiconductor business, IBM is shifting from manufacturing to a company that focuses on research, software and advanced systems development.In announcing the $1.5 billion sale of its microelectronics manufacturing unit to GlobalFoundries, IBM emphasized several important things about its business, research and jobs direction.Microelectronics manufacturing is not a big slice of IBM, which generated $100 billion in revenue last year. However, it directly tied its semiconductor research to its manufacturing capability.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. With chip fabs gone, IBM's hardware future will be in high-end design 2. 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