21.   The decision to locate in Manassas represents a departure from recent trend which has seen most new chip factories built in Oregon, Northern California or Texas.

22.   The Hamburg-based magazine, which did not cite sources for its report, said the company planned to shut down or sell five chip factories.

23.   There are also plans for a chip factory backed by Intel of the close to the Polish border.

24.   Hitachi currently has a chip assembly factory in Malaysia, the daily said.