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The Motley Fool September 12, 2006 Jack Uldrich	Rival Buyers Woo Freescale Multiple bids could drive the semiconductor company's stock even higher. Investors are wise not to get too excited before a deal is officially announced -- but they do have reasons for optimism.
InternetNews September 15, 2006 David Needle	Freescale Sold For Billions Consortium buys chip firm in mega-deal.
BusinessWeek November 27, 2006	A Dicey Win For Blackstone The bidding war over Freescale went to the private-equity powerhouse and its partners. But the chip-maker's debt load may jeopardize its future.
The Motley Fool June 23, 2004 Ben McClure	Motorola Sets Freescale Loose Think twice before buying into Freescale Semiconductors and take time to carefully examine Motorola's offloading of its chip-making subsidiary.
InternetNews July 10, 2006 David Needle	Freescale First to 'Yes, MRAM'? Freescale Semiconductor said today that it's the first to start volume production of 4 megabit Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory. IBM first developed the technology in the 1970s.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Philips Cashes In Its Chips Selling its semiconductor unit raises cash and lessens the volatility of the overall business. Philips' stock has done pretty well over the past year, but it could still be undervalued.
InternetNews August 15, 2005 Jim Wagner	Agilent Dumps Semiconductors The company recently cut 1,300 jobs in a restructuring move aimed to focus efforts on its core business, equipment test manufacturing. The company also plans a share buyback.
InternetNews January 3, 2006 David Needle	Chips Finish Year on a High Global figures released by the Semiconductor Industry Association show that worldwide sales of computer chips continued on a record pace.
InternetNews October 31, 2005 Paul Shread	PMC-Sierra Nets Tachyon Biz PMC-Sierra has entered into an agreement with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Silver Lake Partners to acquire the storage semiconductor business of Agilent Technologies.
BusinessWeek August 26, 2010 Kelly & King	Is Freescale Going From RIP to IPO? The chipmaker wants to go public to help pay off its $8 billion in debt.
The Motley Fool October 7, 2004 Rich Duprey	Citigroup Takes On Intel The financial services giant takes over non-memory semiconductor chip production.
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 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 July 17, 2007 Nathan Parmelee	Philips' Muted Glow Investors might be focusing on the wrong details at Dutch conglomerate Royal Philips Electronics.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2006 Jack Uldrich	In Japan, McDonald's Serves a New Chip Semiconductor and cell-phone technology converge in fast food. The news suggests Freescale Semiconductor's potential to capitalize on the value of combining RFID technology and cell phones. Investors, take note.
InternetNews December 3, 2004 Michael Singer	Freescale: Split, Then Grow After more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Freescale Semiconductor is finally going it alone.
IEEE Spectrum October 2007 Sarah Adee	Chips Tracked in Fab by Wi-Fi Freescale Semiconductor furthers the removal of humans from the chip-making process.
InternetNews March 28, 2005 Colin C. Haley	SunGard Bought for $11.3B Seven institutional investors pool their cash to acquire the financial software giant.
The Motley Fool April 18, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Philips Might Be a Dutch Treat Separating itself from the semiconductor market could build long-term value. The stock has had a nice little jump, but more could be on the way.
InternetNews December 29, 2005 Clint Boulton	Japan's Tech Giants Mull Own Semi Business Hitachi, Toshiba and Renesas are thinking about building a chip business that would make them more independent.
InternetNews February 7, 2006 David Needle	Freescale Climbs Aboard Power.org Freescale Semiconductor announced it has joined the Power.org to work with IBM to develop a common instruction set and move the Power architecture in to a broader set of customer implementations.
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 Tim Beyers	China Caves on Chips It ends the value-added tax aimed at American semiconductor producers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Embedded Technology Burgeoning, Market Consolidating Technology companies delivering embedded solutions to military and aerospace customers, among others, are acquiring businesses entrenched in the consumer electronics markets.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2011 Anders Bylund	What TI's Big Splurge Tells Chip Investors Texas Instruments' buyout shows us where the winds are blowing in the semiconductor industry.
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 May 7, 2010 Anders Bylund	The Greenest Chip Stock You Never Heard Of ON Semiconductor is enjoying the early days of a recovery in the industrial sector, right alongside a general trend toward using highly efficient semiconductors for many jobs traditionally filled by power-hungry traditional electronics.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2005 Tom Taulli	Barbarians at SunGard The data systems company is going private in a megadeal. Is there a conflict at the top? Bottom line: current shareholders of SunGard don't reap a whole lot of benefit from this deal.
BusinessWeek November 14, 2005 Mark Morrison	Hidden Value Let Loose Chip-maker Freescale, spun from Motorola, is a prime example of the power of spin-offs.
The Motley Fool July 17, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Philips Demands More Patience There's nothing wrong with buying an undervalued stock like Philips, now that signs of improvement seem increasingly evident.
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 April 20, 2006 Tim Beyers	Hello, Mr. Chips A breakthrough quarter may give Freescale Semiconductor the respect it deserves. This stock is at worst fairly priced, and at best really cheap.
IEEE Spectrum March 2006 Seema Singh	Big Players in Chip Design Buy Into India India's position suddenly seems so strong in both market potential and engineering resources that it could soon be driving some of the major global developments in chip design.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Nathan Parmelee	Philips Glows For the fourth quarter and fiscal 2005, Netherlands-based Philips Electronics turned in sales gains of 6.4% and 3.8%, respectively. With a price-to-earnings multiple of 10.6, the stock looks intriguing.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2005 Wherrett & Yelovich	All Dip and No Chip NVE makes routers and couplers based upon its nano-inspired "spintronics" technology. At a current share price of $23, NVE is valued at a very generous 54 times trailing-12-month earnings.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	National Semiconductor: A Second Bite at the Cherry A tech slide gives folks another shot at an improving semiconductor story. Investors, take note.
InternetNews April 6, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Chip Sales Continue to Suffer The end of 2008 was a real bad time for chip makers. It didn't get much better in early 2009, either.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2011 Arunava De	1 Bullish Trend in the Semiconductor Industry A new trend in the automotive chip market can bring in good profits for chipmakers.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2010 John Keller	Revenge of COTS Procurement: Counterfeit Parts A decade and a half after military commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) procurement burst onto the scene in a big way, the scourge of high tech counterfeit electronic parts is still with us, but industry finally seems to be getting off the dime to do something about it.
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 April 19, 2011 Jeff Saginor	Why Texas Instruments Is Hot for Analog Buying National Semiconductor helps the company and its investors alike.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2006 Anders Bylund	Digging in Texas Instruments' Vaults Is the chip giant bargain-shopping or just wasting money? Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2006 Rich Smith	Silicon Stays Strong Yesterday, as both the Nasdaq and Dow closed down 0.7% for the day, communications chipmaker Silicon Laboratories issued an earnings warning, but closed the day down less than 0.4%. What gives?
The Motley Fool April 27, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Is Taiwan Semiconductor Hiding in Plain Sight? Yes, semiconductor fabrication is cyclical and volatile, but it's also lucrative. This company is either a real value in the tech sector or seductive bull bait leading investors into a value trap.
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.
InternetNews February 2, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Sony Invests in IBM Chip Foundry The electronics giant will pump $325M into Big Blue's Fishkill, N.Y., plant, as part of a larger semiconductor initiative.
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.
The Motley Fool July 10, 2006 Seth Jayson	Freescale Nails SanDisk? If SanDisk is dropping because of the MRAM news, the market is crazier than we think. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool August 15, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Hidden Value at Agilent The measurement company reports lackluster third-quarter results, but sell-offs will increase shareholder value. Agilent's stock was up by about 15% in afternoon trading.
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 October 19, 2006 Stephen Ellis	NVE Spins Investors Dizzy Long on press releases, short on results, the company that says it holds key patents for the next generation of MRAM computer memory is spinning stories again. NVE investors need a dose of reality.