December 2, 2008 - Industry News
Semiconductors Not Rolling In Dough
Weak economic conditions are chipping away at demand for semiconductors, according to the latest report from the Semiconductor Industry ...
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December 2, 2008 - Industry News
Sector Snap: Gloomy sales report hurts chip stocks
Semiconductor stocks fell sharply Monday as the broader market plunged on confirmation that the nation is in a recession and as an industry ...
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November 28, 2008 - Industry News
Rambus shares surge after pretrial patent ruling
Shares of Rambus Inc. surged Wednesday, a day after the company won a pretrial ruling in its patent suit against chip makers the company ...
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November 26, 2008 - Industry News
Solar Energy's Sunny Side
Evolving energy industry dynamics continue to propel solar power up a truly compelling disruptive trajectory. As the signals become ...
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November 21, 2008 - Industry News
Chip Sector Optimistic About Obama
Global semiconductor sales are expected to drop in 2009, with growth returning in 2010 and 2011, according to data released Wednesday night ...
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November 11, 2008 - Top Story News
Tessera And Motorola Play Nice
After years of annoying patent litigation, Tessera Technologies announced it has come to an agreement with archrival Motorola. Through an options ...
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October 31, 2008 - Industry News
Hynix Is Hurting
The slump in the memory chip market is pummeling Hynix Semiconductor more than expected. The decline in demand looks to last until at least mid ...
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October 30, 2008 - Top Story News
Tessera shares surge after arbitration ruling
Shares of Tessera Technologies Inc. jumped Wednesday after the chip company said an arbitration panel took its side in a contractual ...
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October 27, 2008 - Industry News
MEMC Electronic shares jump on strong 3Q earnings
Shares of silicon wafer supplier MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. surged Friday, a day after the company reported a 21-percent jump in third- ...
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October 17, 2008 - Industry News
Fairchild Fares Well
Fairchild Semiconductor missed analysts’ forecasts for third quarter revenues and guided lower for the fourth quarter on Thursday, but ...
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October 9, 2008 - Industry News
Tech Earnings Loom
Glance at the earnings estimates for technology's biggest companies at the end of the day Friday and you'd think the economy is booming. ...
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October 8, 2008 - Technology News
Sunny Day For Solar Start-Up
Solar power company Solyndra, one of many fledgling "clean energy" firms trying to kick-start operations as the nation's economy swoons, said ...
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September 9, 2008 - Industry News
Why Apple Doesn't Need The iPod
Apple has summoned the press for an announcement Tuesday morning, and, as usual, it's keeping the details secret. But Chief Executive Steve Jobs ...
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September 5, 2008 - Top Story News
Pentagon Worries About Chinese Chips
At a conference in Washington, D.C., this week, a Department of Defense official sounded a startling alarm. "The defense community is ...
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September 5, 2008 - Industry News
LDK Solar signs $32M contract with GT Solar
LDK Solar Co. said Thursday it has inked a $32 million contract with GT Solar International Inc. for polysilicon CVD reactors to install ...
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August 14, 2008 - Industry News
Applied Materials up on strong 4Q order outlook
Shares of Applied Materials Inc. ticked higher Wednesday after the semiconductor equipment company's second-quarter results met Wall ...
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August 4, 2008 - Industry News
KLA-Tencor shares sink on weak 1Q outlook
Shares of KLA-Tencor Corp. fell Friday, a day after the microchip testing equipment maker issued guidance short of Wall Street's view for its ...
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August 4, 2008 - Industry News
Cypress Semi to buy Simtek for $46 million
Chip maker Cypress Semiconductor Corp. said it agreed to buy Simtek Corp. for $2.60 per share, or about $46 million in cash. The price includes ...
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July 25, 2008 - Industry News
MEMC Electronic Materials shares hit new low
Shares of MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. sank to a new low Thursday, after the silicon wafer maker's second-quarter results missed Wall ...
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July 24, 2008 - Industry News
STMicro Chips Away At Rivals
Franco-Italian semiconductor maker STMicroelectronics won over investors on Wednesday, after a solid second-quarter performance helped it grab ...
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July 15, 2008 - Industry News
Novellus Systems posts $2.4M loss for 2nd quarter
A sharp drop in sales and a series of charges pushed chip equipment maker Novellus Systems Inc. to a loss for the second quarter. The San Jose ...
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July 14, 2008 - Industry News
Analog Rising
A year ago, I would not have recommended shares of Norwood, Mass.-based Analog Devices. The company was struggling. From 2004 to 2007 ...
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July 14, 2008 - Industry News
Amkor Tech shares plunge on 2Q sales outlook cut
Shares of Amkor Technology Inc. fell sharply Friday after the chip packaging and testing services company reduced its second-quarter ...
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July 10, 2008 - Industry News
The Economics Of Solar Power
A new era for solar power is approaching. Long derided as uneconomical, it is gaining ground as technologies improve and the cost of ...
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July 10, 2008 - Industry News
Ceradyne Packs On SemEquip
Technical ceramic product manufacturer Ceradyne announced it would acquire privately held SemEquip, a company that develops materials ...
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