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To: Paul Engel who wrote (52165)	4/6/1998 2:16:00 PM
From: Maverick	Respond to of 186894

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. (Friday's close 20-1/4) is expected to announce a new chip that could drive personal-computer prices to less than $400 next year, the Wall Street Journal reported. The move would undercut rival INTEL CORP (Friday's close 76-3/4) in a market already roiled by sub-$1,000 machines, the paper said. The company is developing a chip that combines a microprocessor with circuitry of more than a dozen additional chips needed to make a PC, a leap in integration that could substantially reduce manufacturing costs, the paper said. National isn't disclosing potential customers yet, but predicts that what it calls a "PC on a chip" will be ready for a mass-market audience by June 1999, the Journal said. (Reuters 04:45 AM ET 04/06/98) For the full text story, see infobeat.com