<p>➀ Taiwan's chip industry took 50 years of hard work to build, according to Wu Cheng-wen, head of Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council; </p><p>➁ Honda and Nissan cancelled their merger talks due to significant differences in expectations; </p><p>➂ Intel is in advanced talks to sell a majority stake in its FPGA unit Altera to Silverlake Partners.</p>