Silicon Valley's chip industry suffered downturn in 2012

While most of the Bay Area's biggest tech companies shook off the recession and staged a rebound, the semiconductor industry waged a bloody battle for every dollar of declining profits and sales as consumers shifted from personal computers to mobile gadgets.

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