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Layoffs Hit National Semiconductor Plant in Richardson, Texas.
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Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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August 9, 1999| Author:
Arend, Jennifer
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Aug. 7 -- About 170 employees of National Semiconductor Corp. will be laid off immediately as part of the company's sale of its Cyrix unit to a Taiwanese chip company, a National Semiconductor spokesman said Friday.
When Taipei-based Via Technologies Inc. purchased Cyrix for $167 million, National Semiconductor officials said the Richardson facility would remain open. But Via later decided to centralize its personal compute...