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China chip deal for netbooks

China's Institute of Computing Technology has struck a deal with Silicon Valley chip designer Vivante to develop a system-on-chip (SoC) solution for netbooks, the fastest growing PC segment.. ...full story at Engaging China

from Engaging China on Thu, Jul 16 2009

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