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Chip equipment stocks enjoy Intel-inspired rally

...outlook for chip and PC sales through the first half of 2001, chip equipment stocks have quietly rallied, helping boost the Nasdaq Composite Index more... Read more

19 January, 2001 by Larry Barrett

Orders fall short for Applied Materials

Applied Materials, the chip-equipment maker, said on Friday that orders placed during its first fiscal... Read more

31 January, 2003 by John G.Spooner

Stakes get higher for chip gear

The semiconductor manufacturing equipment industry is showing signs of growth, but is still vulnerable to financial pressures, warn experts Read more

24 July, 2002 by Michael Kanellos

Chip equipment makers feel Intel aftershocks

...The outlook for next year is relatively bleak," said Eric Chen, a chip equipment analyst at Chase Hambrecht & Quist. But Chen said it is still... Read more

8 December, 2000 by Ian Fried and Sam Ames

Chip-equipment orders rise slightly

...statement. Analysts agree with the outlook. Several predicted in January that a chip-equipment recovery could begin in the first half of this year, thanks... Read more

21 March, 2002 by John G.Spooner

Chip equipment orders rise again

The chip market may be on the way to recovering, following the release of figures showing that equipment orders outpaced shipments Read more

19 May, 2002 by John G.Spooner

Chip-equipment sales fell in 2001

Buyers in 2001 were interested in tech segments like lithography, causing manufacturing equipment sales to fall Read more

15 April, 2002 by Margaret Kane

Chip equipment companies feel the pinch

...Orders for chip manufacturing equipment fell again in October. Worldwide orders for chip equipment fell eight per cent to $765.7m during October, the third... Read more

22 November, 2002 by John G. Spooner

Applied Materials to cut 12pc of workforce

Chip-equipment maker Applied Materials is cutting 12 percent of its workforce, in... Read more

13 November, 2008 by Tom Krazit

Intel and the trickle-down effect

Chip equipment makers were hit with a double dose of bad news Thursday... Read more

8 December, 2000 by Ian Fried and Sam Ames

Intel to open chip plant in China

Company already has labs and testing facilities in China, and now plans to open a wafer fabrication facility Read more

26 March, 2007 by Michael Kanellos

Chip gear orders perk up

Orders for chip equipment kept ahead of shipments in November with bookings worth $930m (£528m... Read more

22 December, 2003 by Dinesh C Sharma

The fight against tech pollution

...up a plan "to evaluate the potential for increased cancer risks" among chip equipment workers, you called that move "a state-of-the-art stall... Read more

26 April, 2002 by Jonathan Skillings

Intel sees autumn boost for processors

...8.16 percent, to 318p in early trading. ASML Holding, which makes chip equipment, rose 4.96 percent in US trading to close at $21... Read more

2 August, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

Manufacturers continue investing in future

...This has meant financial troubles for such companies as chipmaker Intel and chip equipment makers ASM Lithography and Silicon Valley Group. See Chips Central for... Read more

9 May, 2001 by Matthew Broersma

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