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<m> announced </m> in chipmaker AMD, hoping to gain a leg up on a resurgent rival Intel ( INTC ), on July 24 ended months of speculation by saying it would buy graphics chipmaker ATI for about $ 5.4 billion. 
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<m> announcing </m> in In a news conference announcing the merger held in Taipei yesterday, Henri Richard, executive vice president of AMD urged investors not to worry as ATI's relations with TSMC and its rival United Microelectronics Corp. would not change. 