January 8, 2009 - Industry News
Microchip shares plunge after 3Q guidance
The semiconductor company Microchip Technology Inc. saw its shares plummet Wednesday amid a broad decline in chip company stocks after ...
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January 8, 2009 - Industry News
Cabot Microelectronics sees 1Q revenue down 33%
Cabot Microelectronics Corp., which makes materials for chip manufacturing, said it expects fiscal first-quarter revenue to fall about ...
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January 6, 2009 - Industry News
Tessera, Motorola Stay Chums For Longer
Motorola and Tessera Technologies have decided to extend their mutual friendship into the new year. Motorola now has until February 2009 to ...
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December 17, 2008 - Technology News
Don't Forget About Solar Energy
Oil may be cheap again, but Silicon Valley executives contend that the economics are still in their favor for selling solar energy and more ...
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December 17, 2008 - Industry News
American Technology upgrades semiconductor sector
American Technology Research upgraded the semiconductor sector to 'overweight' from 'equal weight,' and said both permanent and ...
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December 15, 2008 - Industry News
Recession Predictions
The downturn has hit tech companies hard. Layoffs are announced almost every week, and even where there are no layoffs other measures are ...
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December 4, 2008 - Industry News
Infineon Faces Dark Future
It's looking infinitely bad for Infineon. Among the chip maker's woes: a gloomy outlook for 2009, dwindling cash reserves and a large stake in ...
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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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