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Intel acquires small chipmaker to bolster efforts beyond CPUs

Intel Corp said on Thursday that it plans to acquire eASIC, a small chipmaker that will help further Intel’s efforts to diversify away from CPU chips. Intel did not disclose terms of the deal for eASIC, which is based in Intel’s hometown of Santa Clara, California. An Intel spokeswoman said the price was “not material,” but that about 120 people would join Intel’s so-called programmable solutions group as a result. …read more […]

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Fed’s escape from crisis holdings could hit dead end

Not long ago the Federal Reserve expected to quietly shed nearly half of its $4.5-trillion portfolio by around 2022, leaving little trace of the extraordinary steps it took to face down the financial crisis. But an unexpected market kink could force the Fed to scrap the plan two or three years early and permanently leave it holding $1 trillion more than it wanted.

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