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To: stockman_scott who wrote (122562)	5/5/1999 7:28:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 176387

<Industry news> Demise of Cyrix and possible implications. Scott: Here is a interesting article on the NSM's decision to exit from the processor biz. ============================ 'Burdened with financial losses and declining prices, National Semiconductor will exit the PC chip business and lay off more than 500 people in the process. The announcement does not mean that National is getting out of the chip market altogether, as it will still make processors for so-called embedded devices such as TV set-top boxes. National said it will "focus on the emerging information-appliance market and on its traditional analog [chip] business.".. ============================ Higher-priced PCs, trouble for AMD, and even the return of IBM to the PC-processor market are some of the potential ripple effects that could occur in the wake of the decision by National Semiconductor to dump its Cyrix microprocessor division. news.com PS:Thanks for the news from NETP