Intel said on January 21 that it would close chip plants to align its manufacturing capacity to current market conditions.

英特尔曾在1月21日表示，他们将关掉芯片工厂，以使得生产能力和目前市场状况相吻合。

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Tool shipments are running at a rate suggesting annual semiconductor capital spending of $40bn to $50bn, a level that has tended to cause meaningful rises in chip manufacturing capacity in the past.

以目前半导体设备的出货量计算，半导体行业的年度资本支出将达到400亿至500亿美元，在过去，这一支出水平往往表明，芯片制造产能将出现大幅度的增长。

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His invention, called the IXI, stored only 3.5 minutes of music on to a chip - but Mr Kramer rightly believed its capacity would improve.

他的发明称为IXI，只能够在芯片中储存3.5分钟长的音乐，但是克莱默坚信它的功能能够大幅提升。

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One troubling factor is the ongoing glut of chip manufacturing capacity.

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An arcane industry statistic known as "fab utilization, " which measures how much of the world's chip manufacturing capacity is being used, had reached only 65.9% by the end of 2001, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

FORBES: Where's The Chip Recovery?

When times are good chip makers overinvest in manufacturing capacity.

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