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AMD overnight announced plans to split off its manufacturing operations through a finance deal with a firm from the United Arab Emirates, which will leave AMD with total control of only its design wing.
The Australian arm of global computer chip maker Intel will tomorrow unveil its first six-core processor in the form of its 'Dunnington' line, which is aimed at the server market.
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