71.   Even Intel, the most powerful and profitable chip maker, has cut jobs and costs this year to cope with slowing revenue growth.

72.   Faring less well were two U.S. chip makers, LSI Logic and Cyrix, which reported financial results after the market closed.

73.   For example, Korean chip makers may find it difficult to buy the next generation of chip-making machinery right now.

74.   For instance, Goldman, Sachs raised its rating on Intel and several chip makers yesterday, saying that business may improve in the fourth quarter.

75.   For much of last fall, chip makers were losing money on every DRAM they made.

76.   Five years ago, healthy chip maker Guiltless Gourmet was fat and happy.

77.   For a variety of reasons the Internet has severely compressed the business cycle for the chip makers, computer developers and software designers of Silicon Valley.

78.   For example, Intel, the chip maker, will report its results after the market closes next Tuesday.

79.   Francisco Partners agreed to buy the AMD division in May after the chip maker said it would sell the communications division to concentrate on its other product lines.

80.   Fujitsu joins Japanese, Korean and U.S. chip makers in the rush to expand production capacity to meet surging demand.