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Despite growth, semiconductor sector falters
News Investors hammered semiconductor stocks Monday, even as experts were predicting the industry would see strong growth for several more quarters. Analysts said the market jitters come down to several factors, such as a perceived slowdown in PC demand...
[October 10, 2000, 14:00]
Wireless is more for chip sales
News Activity in the wireless sector helped keep worldwide chip sales afloat in November, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Monday. For November, the wireless sector boosted semiconductor products including flash memory and digital signal...
[December 31, 2002, 9:28]
Asia helps lift May chip sales
News Worldwide semiconductor sales rose close to 3 percent to $11.4bn for the month, thanks to stronger sales across most categories and geographies, the trade group Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said Monday.
[July 2, 2002, 7:57]
Analyst sees end of chip stock woes
News Salomon Smith Barney chip analyst Jonathan Joseph made another call against conventional wisdom Wednesday, upgrading a slew of semiconductor stocks in the midst of what's sure to be the sector's worst year in more than a decade.
[April 12, 2001, 11:48]
Gartner: chip spending to fall 20 percent
Blog The semiconductor market is a prime indicator of much of the technology sector since so many products are based on chips, so the news could be taken as an indicator that the promised recession that has begun in the US is perhaps here at last.
[April 16, 2008, 11:53]
Chip market grows in Europe
News Worldwide semiconductor sales for the month rose 2.9 percent from June to $11.35bn (£7.26bn), according to new statistics from World Semiconductor Trade Statistics and the European Electronic Component Manufacturers Association.
[September 3, 2002, 16:00]
Three dots mean the fabless chips are up
News Semiconductor companies without fabrication facilities captured a 23 percent increase in venture investments during the first quarter, marking it the first time this sector has seen back-to-back growth since 2000, according to a report released on...
[April 10, 2003, 11:00]
Engineers predict computing rebound
News Select members of an engineering standards group said they thought the computer industry would recover sooner than other technology segments, but the semiconductor industry came in a close second. These number 6,011 out of about 385,000 members...
[December 31, 2002, 9:50]
Merrill upbeat on chip stocks
News Along with the note, Merrill Lynch announced a slew of ratings upgrades: RF Micro Devices, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Texas Instruments and United Microelectronics were upgraded to "buy" from "accumulate".
[August 1, 2001, 16:19]
The Day Ahead: Chatting with Applied Materials
News Can the information age demand for chips smooth out those notorious swings in the semiconductor sector? Yes, because semiconductor companies need the latest innovations to keep up, but there will be struggles getting these plants up and running.
[November 16, 2000, 11:57]
Philips loss to be followed by 4,000 job cuts
News Shares in Philips fell almost three percent in Tuesday morning trading after the Dutch semiconductor and consumer electronics manufacturer declared a loss of £470m for the second quarter of this year.
[July 17, 2001, 10:57]
Fears for Motorola's Scottish chip plants
News It is thought that the US mobile phone giant is considering pulling out of the semiconductor business, after experiencing a big drop in orders. According to the Scotsman.com, analysts are expecting Motorola to sell off its semiconductor division...
[August 23, 2001, 17:21]
Applied Materials starts VC fund
News Applied Materials' Ventures 1 fund will focus on companies on the "leading edge of scientific and technical breakthroughs that can positively impact the semiconductor industry," the company said. Applied Materials makes the equipment that...
[October 26, 2001, 15:30]
UK leads Europe in chip design
News Future Horizons said that the European IC design, fabless and chipless sector grew by compound annual growth rate of 29.7 percent between 1995 and 2001, to its current size of nearly $2bn, the European semiconductor industry over the same period...
[August 6, 2002, 15:09]
E-commerce analysts remake themselves
News Before following e-commerce, I followed electronic and industrial manufacturing companies, so I'm comfortable with semiconductor equipment. Today, he follows semiconductor equipment makers. With the once red-hot e-commerce sector losing interest...
[February 20, 2001, 14:59]
Intel creates spin-off solar-cell company
News IBM on Monday announced plans to enter the CIGS solar cell arena by forming a partnership with a Japanese semiconductor equipment maker. Like IBM and HP, Intel has expertise in semiconductor materials and capital-intensive, high-volume manufacturing.
[June 17, 2008, 8:30]
The Day Ahead: Silicon Labs has the recipe for a hot IPO
News The chip sector is in a cyclical upturn, and Silicon Labs is likely to run with other high-flying semiconductor stocks. Across all of its product areas, Silicon Labs competes with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Analog Devices, Conexant, Delta...
[March 23, 2000, 11:48]
TI's profits come in lower than predicted
News In the mobile phone sector, the company also predicts a drop in sales from the fourth quarter "as certain handset customers continue to absorb semiconductor inventory. TI expects its revenue to decline about 10 percent sequentially in the first...
[January 23, 2001, 8:59]
Weak June doesn't stop chip sales rise
News The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said second-quarter sales were up 5.8 percent from the first quarter. On Thursday, National Semiconductor projected flat sales for its fiscal first quarter ending 25 August.
[August 2, 2002, 15:07]
Chip equipment stocks enjoy Intel-inspired rally
News After losing 21 percent of their value in 2000, CNET Networks' semiconductor capital index is up more than 21 percent through the first three weeks of 2001. The general consensus from financial analysts and market research firms is that...
[January 19, 2001, 14:22]
