In terms of business models, ARM and Intel couldn't be more different. intel (INTC, 18) leverages its lead in semiconductor fabrication technology to manufacture the processors it designs.

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Earlier this year MIPS showed off a pair of smartphones and tablets based on processors from MIPS licensees Actions Semiconductor and Ingenic Semiconductor.

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McGinn had the semiconductor group dump commodity chips in favor of digital signal processors.

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Semiconductor manufacturer Texas Instruments Monday reported better than expected quarterly earnings and revenues, despite sharply lower sales of the baseband processors used to connect handsets to wireless networks.

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