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Broadcom Seeks Push From Emerging Markets
U.S. chip designer Broadcom Corp. is moving to tap the fast-growing market for low-cost smartphones by forming partnerships with local carriers and handset makers in emerging markets.Voices
Intel’s New CEO Vows Rapid Growth in Mobile Market
Intel Corp.’s new chief executive vowed Thursday to rapidly grow the company’s presence in the tablet and smartphone markets at a shareholder meeting that formalized a major management shift for the Silicon Valley chip giant.Voices
Nvidia Q1 Profit Rises 29 Percent as Revenue, Margins Strengthen
However, the company’s projected revenue for the current quarter was below expectations.Voices
AMD Spikes 14 Percent: Rumors of Intel Buy, Acer Laptops, Xbox
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices just had a big pop in heavy volume, lifting off of earlier gains and rising 40 cents, or over 14 percent, to $3.22, and as high as $3.28 just before that.Voices
Microprocessor Report Chronicles Intel’s Lead in Micro-Server, 3-D Transistors
Today was a good day for bullish views on Intel. There was Deutsche Bank‘s Ross Seymore writing about the probable rise in the company’s share of tablet computer microprocessors; and there was Wells Fargo‘s David Wong writing that investors don’t fully understand the promise in Intel’s broad line of chips.Voices
Qualcomm Revenue Rises 24 Percent
Chip maker Qualcomm Inc. continued to benefit from strong demand for mobile devices in its latest quarter, though profit fell 16 percent due to a large one-time gain in the year-earlier period.Voices
Texas Instruments Continues Shift
Texas Instruments Inc. continued a shift away from some mobile-chip markets in the first quarter, putting a squeeze on revenue while profit rose 37 percent on a one-time gain.Voices
Intel’s Profit Falls 25 Percent Amid PC Woes
Intel Corp.’s first-quarter profit fell 25 percent as the chip maker continued to suffer from declining demand for personal computers.Voices
Nvidia to Return $1 Billion to Shareholders, Largely Through Stock Buyback
Nvidia Corp. plans to return $1 billion to shareholders this fiscal year, largely through a share buyback program including the repurchase of $100 million in stock this quarter.Voices
Chip Maker Avago to Buy CyOptics for $400 Million
Avago Technologies Ltd. agreed to buy fellow communications components maker CyOptics Inc. for $400 million in cash, expanding its exposure to the data communications and telecommunications markets.Partner Advertisement
