1.   Process technology moves around the globe to find the cheapest labor and the friendliest Markets.

2.   Big Blue, he said, has among the most advanced chip-making process technology and the most advanced software design tools in the world.

3.   Hard data quantifying how many manufacturers are licensing out process technologies is hard to come by.

4.   It also makes automotive parts, power drives for transport systems, process control technology, building products and engineering components.

5.   The company uses a proprietary process technology, known as Fuzion planar magnetron sputtering, to apply microscopically thin coatings to materials including glass, metal and plastic.

6.   ABB will deliver the process technology and provide the engineering, procurement, and the supply of all equipment and material.

7.   Ariffin said strong support in the area of automation and process control technology was required in the pursuit of excellence in science and technology and industrial development.

8.   It was built using the older process technology.

9.   The company also said it is now building processors using a smaller process technology, and more individual chips are being built on larger silicon wafers.

10.   The group will focus on improving its production process technology with the aim of expanding its foundry services business and value-added products, Mr Seto said.