Portland Press Herald, Maine, Business Briefs Column.
Nov. 20–NATIONAL TO MAKE CHIPS FOR MICROSOFT: Computer chips running new Microsoft-made Web devices — ranging from alarm clocks to keychains — will be produced at National Semiconductor’s South Portland plant.
Microsoft and National worked on the project for three years before unveiling a prototype at the COMDEX trade show in Las Vegas this week, according to National spokeswoman Luanne Jenkins. The “smart personal objects technology” project is designed to provide customizable information into a variety of personal objects that people use every day.
The prototype that Micr
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