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The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Dan Bloom	Ultratech's Big Hope Will a new technology help drive growth for this semiconductor company? This stock may not be a good place to park 10% of your net worth, but a small position does have the potential to give your portfolio a nice upward jolt.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2007 Dan Bloom	Being Patient With Ultratech When will it see the payoff from its unique chip technology? While there are no guarantees, this stock has a lot of upside if things work out.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2005 Dan Bloom	Ultratech Pinpoints Positive Signs Will a new manufacturing technology rescue this company's slumping earnings?
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 Dan Bloom	Teradyne Sees an Upturn The manufacturer of chip testers looks to break out of a slump. Unfortunately, the share price has already risen quite a bit above its lows, so if the upturn does materialize, a big chunk of the stock's upside is already behind us.
InternetNews November 27, 2007	Toshiba, NEC Team on 32nm Chips Chip makers Toshiba and NEC Electronics said on Tuesday they would jointly develop 32-nanometer chips to better keep up with rivals.
The Motley Fool August 19, 2010 Tim Beyers	Ignore This Chip Stock At Your Own Risk The business of making semiconductors has never been more important.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Will Frankenhoff	Taiwan Semiconductor: Making Profits Chip by Chip Taiwan Semiconductor should benefit from its leadership position in the semiconductor foundry sector and its attractive valuation versus its peers. The company also pays a dividend of roughly 3%. Investors, take note.
IEEE Spectrum February 2005 Singh & Thakur	Chip Making's Singular Future Beleaguered chip makers are counting on single-wafer manufacturing, which makes ICs on one wafer at a time, to cut costs and get chips to market faster.
PC Magazine April 1, 2009 John C. Dvorak	Chip Biz Buzzwords It's no surprise that everyone in the Valley is so comfortable with insider and exclusionary code words, many of which make no sense.
InternetNews April 5, 2010	Semiconductor Sales Dip Slightly in February Worldwide chip sales fell 1.3 percent last month, but that's not much cause for concern considering revenue is up more than 54 percent from last year's low.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2005 Tim Beyers	Taiwan Semiconductor Unsettling The company resolves a patent dispute with China's Semiconductor Manufacturing. But it's not enough.
The Motley Fool October 15, 2007 Dan Bloom	Another Fab Diet The semiconductor manufacturer Atmel announces the sale of another wafer fabrication facility in the UK, which brings it closer to its goal of streamlining its operations. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	How Long Will the Chip Boom Last? Chipmakers can't keep up with demand, but don't expect this to last forever.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Novellus Does Better ... and There Was Much Rejoicing The semiconductor equipment maker is doing better than even the optimistic analysts expected. And thus far at least, with the stock up some 6% in morning trading, it seems like investors are getting to enjoy the rewards.
InternetNews September 19, 2008 Andy Patrizio	Business Getting Harder For Chip Makers Report finds there is less room for error than ever and even the richest players are stressed.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2011 Jordan DiPietro	Rising Star Buy: Applied Materials Take advantage of the chip revolution by buying the largest and best.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Tim Beyers	China Caves on Chips It ends the value-added tax aimed at American semiconductor producers.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2012 Keki Fatakia	Chipping Away at Novellus Novellus Systems reports a fall in revenues and profits.
InternetNews December 18, 2007	Toshiba, IBM Team on Chips Toshiba Corp said on Tuesday it would join a group led by IBM to develop system chips using 32-nanometre circuitry, as chip makers increasingly team up to cut development costs.
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 Mouli & Carriker	Future Fab If a billion transistors on a postage-stamp-size chip impress you, consider the fabrication facilities that put them there. How software is helping Intel go nano -- and beyond.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2007 Dan Bloom	Is Nanometrics' Loss a Gain? The CEO leaves this stumbling semiconductor equipment maker, but a turnaround could be in the offing. Investors, this company is worth keeping an eye on.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2004 Rich Duprey	Citigroup Takes On Intel The financial services giant takes over non-memory semiconductor chip production.
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The Motley Fool July 12, 2006 Dan Bloom	Semiconductor Growth Is Slowing Despite the prevalence of consumer electronics devices, sales growth has slowed dramatically since the '70s. The slowing growth rate of semiconductor chips should have investors rethinking how they should value and invest in this industry.
InternetNews January 6, 2004 Colin Haley	IBM Snatches Chip Deal Big Blue's investment in a new semiconductor factory begins to pay off against its competition.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 Anders Bylund	Watch This Stock -- But Don't Buy It! Applied's position in the semiconductor supply chain makes the company an awesome leading indicator of the entire industry's health. However, the lack of forward visibility makes it a less-than-perfect investment.
InternetNews July 8, 2010	Semiconductor Market Finally Settling Down: IDC After the wild gyrations of 2009, some sense of normalcy is returning to the chip market as certain segments begin to grow.
Fast Company March 2003 Keith H. Hammonds	Motorola Bets on Its Chips A radical new business model overturns all the old rules. Now, will it work?
IEEE Spectrum March 2013 Joachim N. Burghartz	Make Way for Flexible Silicon Chips We need them because thin, pliable organic semiconductors are too slow to serve in tomorrow's chips. Seamless integration of computing into everyday objects isn't quite here yet.
The Motley Fool March 19, 2004 Tim Beyers	America's Chip Crusade The U.S. government has finally had enough. Yesterday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over China's policy of adding a 17% value-added tax (VAT) to chips that are made here but sold in China.
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Salon.com November 13, 2002 Katharine Mieszkowski	Silicon hogs A new study tars microchip manufacturing as wasteful and inefficient. Whatever happened to high tech's squeaky-clean image?
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	The Applied Materials Yo-Yo A consummate sentiment stock, investor attitudes about the semiconductor cycle will lift and depress Applied Materials' shares.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2007 Dan Bloom	Broadcom Leaps Ahead Broadcom's new chip promises to sharply reduce the cost of advance mobile phones.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2010 Anders Bylund	This Is the Chip Stock for You Both income investors and growth gurus could be very happy with the right semiconductor stocks. Take a look at these candidates.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2010 Eric Jhonsa	Time to Start Worrying About Chip Stocks? The July semiconductor earnings numbers were great, but warning signs also emerged.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2004 Rich Duprey	Profiting From Moore's Law Intel develops a new chip that roughly doubles the number of transistors on a chip. Whether it's in the chip makers themselves, or in the picks and shovels of the industry, investors stand to make big profits from tiny chips.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Taiwan Semiconductor Rounds the Turn Business appears to be picking up for this semiconductor manufacturer, but is there still value in the stock?
The Motley Fool January 26, 2007 Dan Bloom	Texas Instruments' Surprising Move The firm decides to end some in-house manufacturing. Because this is the world's third-largest semiconductor company, one must wonder what the decision means for the future of captive manufacturing capacity. Investors, take note.
InternetNews July 5, 2006 David Needle	Chip Sales Up Almost 10% The Semiconductor Industry Association reported chip sales of $19.7 billion for May, a 9.4 percent hike from the $18.1 billion tallied for the same month a year ago.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2004 Tim Beyers	Chips Soar on Gadget Sales Demand for intelligent consumer devices sends semiconductor sales up 27%.
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The Motley Fool October 26, 2006 Anders Bylund	The Upside of Taiwan Semi's Gloomy Goals Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is the dominant player in a very large business, and many of the biggest names in semiconductors use its services to produce state-of-the-art chips to specifications. Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool October 18, 2010 Anders Bylund	Chip Chumps Open Shop in China Leaders of the American semiconductor industry are finally putting their resources closer to the gadget manufacturing centers in China.
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