International Business News - Chips http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Deteriorating conditions in the PC market in Asia are hurting companies that make computer chips, analysts said on Wednesday, on the same day research firm IDC said it expects U.S. computer shipments to decline next year because of the economic crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/sector-snap-weak-pc-market-hurting-chip-companies.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:23:30 EST Chip suppliers whose products go into laptops, LCD TVs and GPS units are likely to hold up the best in an otherwise bleak holiday shopping season, Goldman Sachs analysts concluded after looking at Black Friday sales. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081201/ahead-of-the-bell-goldman-sees-mixed-chip-sales.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:32:14 EST A year ago, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. worsened its financial problems by botching the launch of a powerful new server chip. The flubbed introduction gave bigger rival Intel Corp. eight months to steal market share. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/amd-rolls-out-new-server-chips.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:03:06 EST A year ago, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. worsened its financial problems by botching the launch of a powerful new server chip. The flubbed introduction gave bigger rival Intel Corp. eight months to steal market share. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/amd-rolls-out-new-server-chips.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:01:38 EST Among the premarket stories for Monday, Nov. 3, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Citi Investment Research is moving to a "decidedly positive stance" on the semiconductor sector, wrote analyst Glen Yeung in a note to investors Monday, upgrading seven chip and chip-equipment companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/premarket-roundup-chips-cbrl-group.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:58:15 EST Among the sector activity stories for Monday, Oct. 6, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of semiconductor companies tumbled Monday as fears over a global credit crisis sank stocks and sent the Dow Jones industrial down more than 700 points to below 10,000 for the first time in four years. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/sector-roundup-chips-banks.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:43:19 EDT Among the sector activity stories for Tuesday, Aug. 12, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Semiconductor stocks were quiet Tuesday, with Nvidia Corp. edging slightly lower and Applied Materials Inc. inching up ahead of their earnings reports, scheduled for after the closing bell. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/sector-roundup-chips-video-games.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:32:02 EDT Among the sector activity stories for Friday, Aug. 1, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Semiconductor stocks inched lower Friday along with the rest of Wall Street, with Nvidia Corp. sinking amid rumors that it may exit the PC chipset business. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/sector-roundup-chips-auto-suppliers.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:37:33 EDT Among the sector activity stories for Tuesday, July 29, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Most semiconductor companies headed higher Tuesday as the broader market advanced--but Zoran Corp. was a notable exception along with Micron Technology Inc., which added to Monday's losses to hit another multiyear low. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/sector-roundup-chips-insurers.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:25:52 EDT Shares of chip makers mostly fell Friday, with Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s dropping the most, after the company reported a wider-than-expected second-quarter loss. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/sector-snap-chip-stocks-mostly-decline.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:01:56 EDT Chip stocks traded higher Thursday, with Catalyst Semiconductor Inc. soaring with word that it will be purchased by ON Semiconductor Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. gaining in advance of its second-quarter report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080717/sector-snap-chip-stocks-mostly-rise.htm Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:16:55 EDT Among the sector activity stories for Wednesday, July 16, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Chip stocks mostly climbed Wednesday after bellwether Intel Corp. said second-quarter profit climbed 25 percent, helped by strong sales of processors for laptop computers--a good sign for investors wary of possible slowing PC demand. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/sector-roundup-chips-telecoms.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:22:13 EDT Chip stocks mostly climbed Wednesday after bellwether Intel Corp. reported its second-quarter profit climbed 25 percent, helped by strong sales of processors for laptop computers--a good sign for investors wary of possible slowing PC demand. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/sector-snap-chip-stocks-rise-on-earnings-news.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:29:30 EDT Purdue University scientists have taken a page from air conditioner technology in their quest for a new way to cool down ever-more powerful computer chips. Their experimental system, which flushes a refrigerant through tiny channels cut into chips, is intended for the high-power electronics found in radar and advanced weapons systems such as lasers, said Issam Mudawar, a mechanical engineering professor at Purdue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/researchers-look-to-air-condition-computer-chips.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:20:09 EDT Chip stocks mostly climbed Thursday, with shares of Qualcomm Inc. rising after the maker of chips for wireless products raised its fiscal third-quarter outlook. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080612/sector-snap-qualcomm-most-other-chip-stocks-rise.htm Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:43:24 EDT Among the sector activity stories for Thursday, June 5, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Advanced Micro Devices Inc. led semiconductor stocks higher for a second straight day Thursday after the No. 2 processor maker introduced a new package of chips for laptops and larger rival Intel Corp. was hit with a legal setback in South Korea. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/sector-roundup-chips-telecommunications-stocks.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:42:17 EDT Since a computer microprocessor is veined with electric circuitry, it might seem like a bad place to put water. But IBM Corp. researchers believe that sloshing water through hair-thin pipes inside chips will solve a vexing problem facing next-generation computers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080605/ibm-developing-miniature-pipes-for-chip-cooling.htm Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:51:28 EDT Shares of major microchip companies fell with the broader market Friday as rising oil prices added to fears of a consumer spending cutback. Here's how the major chip companies fared in trading Friday: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/closing-glance-major-microchip-companies-down.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 16:29:44 EDT Shares of major microchip companies fell with the broader market Friday morning after a report found that the inventory of unsold U.S. homes has risen to a 23-year high. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/opening-glance-major-microchip-companies-fall.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 10:34:17 EDT Shares of major microchip companies rose with the wider technology market early Thursday, in part because of new figures showing new jobless claims have dropped. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/opening-glance-major-microchip-companies-rise.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 10:18:58 EDT