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Byline: James DeTar
Investor's Business Daily
The baton has been passed.
The personal computer 30 years ago took the place of the giant mainframes and minicomputers. Now the spread of lightweight, blazing-fast communications devices threatens the supremacy of the PC.
This shift away from boxes that sit on tables to things like Web-capable cell phones and Palms led to a major change in 2000 in the way semiconductor companies do business.
The Web continued its rap
id expansion and cell-phone sales jumped an estimated 60% to more than 400 million units in 2000. Chipmakers large and small found they had to suit up andshow out for the communications revolution.