IBM is reportedly putting up its chip fabs on the market, paying GlobalFoundries to take the money loser off its hands. Bloggers are astounded, shocked, and — as always — opinionated as ever.

In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ask for fish.

Filling in for our humble blogwatcher Richi Jennings, is a humbler Stephen Glasskeys.

Marc Ferranti boosts, transfers, finalizes and deals:

Under pressure to boost margins, IBM is set to make what it calls a “major business announcement” Monday morning, an indication that it has finalized a deal to transfer chip-making operations to GlobalFoundries.
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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is looking for ways to increase margins as revenue growth slows while it transitions to new technology and services offerings.  MORE

No spect-ulation by Joseph Spector on existing commitments: [Ahem – Ed.]

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