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IEEE Spectrum December 2007	Happy Birthday, Fairchild As Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. celebrates its 50th anniversary, we recognize the contributions and advancements they have made to electronics.
IEEE Spectrum December 2007 Michael Riordan	The Silicon Dioxide Solution How physicist Jean Hoerni built the bridge from the transistor to the integrated circuit.
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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.
PC Magazine August 30, 2006 John C. Dvorak	Inside Track v25n16 There needs to be something besides high-end games that can suck up all the power of Intel's dual-core chips. This desperation will only get worse when Intel rolls out the four-core chip.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2009 Rob Plaza	Is Fairchild's Rally Over? Predictably, Fairchild Semiconductor's third-quarter results came in ahead of analyst estimates. Like other semiconductor companies, it benefited from improving customer demand and inventory restocking. But is the rally over?
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.
IEEE Spectrum May 2005	Finding Noyce's Notebook When Leslie Berlin started looking for Robert Noyce's biography for her Stanford University Ph.D. thesis, she found there wasn't one. So she decided to write one herself: Robert Noyce and the Tunnel Diode.
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.
InternetNews June 24, 2010	Intel Seen Prepping 10-Core Xeon Processor Agenda of forthcoming semiconductor conference hints that the chip giant will unveil a 10-core Westmere-EX processor, a surprise addition to its product road-map.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Intel: Smaller Is Better A new 45-nanometer chip could give Intel a big technical advantage. The news won't immediately stem Intel's market-share losses or ignite a rally in its stock price, but it will certainly keep the heat on AMD.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2011 Anders Bylund	Fairchild Should Swing That Cost-Cutting Axe The semiconductor company should cut costs before this window closes.
InternetNews March 29, 2004 Michael Singer	Sun Goes National for Network Chip Two Silicon Valley-based firms team up to build a mixed-signal gigabit networking processor for Sun's GigaSwift Ethernet product line.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2010 Anders Bylund	Everybody Wins in This Chip Duel This week is a big deal to semiconductor investors. Long story short: The good times start here.
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 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.
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 September 14, 2010	Fear and Loathing in the Chip Sector Several semiconductor companies have seen downgrades the past few days, including Intel, Atheros, ON Semiconductor, National Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, and Taiwan Semiconductor.
IEEE Spectrum May 2008 Tekla S. Perry	Gordon Moore's Next Act A look at Moore's place in the history of the semiconductor industry, and how he is now spending his billions in a philanthropy program to tackle biodiversity, the future of engineering education, and the secrets of the galaxies.
InternetNews October 12, 2010	Intel Bests Muted Q3 Earnings Expectations After issuing a rare warning of sluggish demand, Intel turns in a third-quarter performance that topped its diminished expectations.
The Motley Fool October 26, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	UMC for You and Me? A market glut walloped Taiwan's United Microelectronics' earnings this year. Will a recovery make these shares a good buy?
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Evan Niu	Fairchild Semiconductor Shares Jumped: What You Need to Know Shares of Fairchild Semiconductor are jumping today, up by as much as 13%, after peer Linear Technology reported strong guidance, leading the sector higher.
The Motley Fool June 8, 2006 Tim Beyers	Cash In the Chips? Have you checked the markets today? What a bloodbath. Everything is down, especially the chipmakers. Here's a quick survey of the damage, as well as advice on a buying opportunity the current market offers investors.
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 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.
The Motley Fool November 4, 2010 Anders Bylund	Say Hello to Intel, the Foundry Service! Its clientele is extremely exclusive.
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The Motley Fool January 15, 2010 Anders Bylund	You Need Chip Stocks Today Get your chip stocks while they're hot!
The Motley Fool May 10, 2011 Arunava De	New Chip on Intel's Shoulder Could Mean Big Things for Investors Innovative new chip design could ensure Intel the lion's share of the market for chips.
InternetNews February 18, 2011 Stuart J. Johnston	Silicon Valley Honchos Dine With President Obama A dozen of Silicon Valley's tech luminaries, including Apple's Steve Jobs, dined with the President. Now everyone is wondering, what did they talk about?
InternetNews November 11, 2008 Andy Patrizio	IBM's Advanced Chip Fab Available for Hire Got a cutting edge chip and no one can manufacture it? IBM might have the solution for you with its 45nm foundry.
InternetNews June 12, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Gartner: Cloud, New Chip Tech May Spur Rebound What will cloud computing and 3D chip manufacturing do for the industry? Quite a bit.
PC Magazine June 1, 2005 Michael J. Miller	Making Windows Your Own Making Windows Your Own... The Man Behind the Microchip... Globalization and Technology: The Big Picture...
InternetNews September 30, 2004 Michael Singer	SIA: Supply Chain Saved Chip Sales Faced with mountains of inventory, quick thinking by some semiconductor manufacturers helped the market avoid its first decrease in chip sales since the war in Iraq began.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Seth Jayson	Fairchild Semiconductor International Beats Up on Analysts Yet Again Fairchild Semiconductor International reported earnings on Jan. 19. Here are the numbers you need to know.
IEEE Spectrum May 2005 Berlin & Casey	Robert Noyce and the Tunnel Diode A 50-year-old notebook reveals the seed of a great invention.
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.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Is Fairchild a Fair Bet? Internal company trends are improving at the specialist in power semiconductors, but can that continue as the end-markets for its commodity products look shaky? Investors, take note.
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.
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 June 11, 2010 Rex Moore	2 Chip Stocks Worth a Look The sector is looking semi-tough again.
The Motley Fool June 18, 2008 Anders Bylund	The Top Semiconductor Stock Today There are many fine semiconductor companies on the market, but one stands above the rest as an investment opportunity, and that highest-rated semiconductor stock is analog circuit designer Intersil.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Rich Duprey	Chipping Away at Chip Industry Turmoil A sea change in semiconductor industry technology can create opportunities for some investors.
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The Motley Fool August 22, 2011 Rex Moore	Let's See If Fairchild Semiconductor's Growth Is for Real Fairchild Semiconductor International carries $244.2 million of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet.
Technology Research News January 12, 2005	Silicon Surfaces Speed Circuits Researchers have devised a way to use the chemistry of silicon surfaces to make smaller chip features.