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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 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 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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2008 Anders Bylund	Not the Nine O'Clock National News The S&P 500 has lost around 15% in the last twelve months, but big and well-managed semiconductor makers like Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, National, and Broadcom are sitting on 25% to 35% drops.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
InternetNews June 3, 2010	Chip Vendors Join Forces in Mobile Linux Push Just a week after the debut of the Intel-backed MeeGo mobile Linux OS, chip vendors band together to form Linaro to develop Linux on embedded system-on-chips.
The Motley Fool August 18, 2004 W.D. Crotty	MRAM: The Holy Grail of Memory NVE Corporation investors are excited by the company's "spintronics" nanotechnology used for Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM.) The stock rocketed up more than $9 a share on news it was awarded a key patent.
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.
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 February 14, 2008 Tim Beyers	Hot Flashes From Silicon Motion Silicon Motion, the Taiwanese supplier of controllers for flash memory, may be a Valentine's Day 'hot, hot, hot!' investment choice.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2010 Anders Bylund	Texas Instruments Shouldn't Be This Cheap The company is making all the right moves to prosper in a mobile world.
CFO August 1, 2005 Kate O'Sullivan	Gone Clubbing As private-equity firms band together to buy large companies, they raise the pressure on CFOs.
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 October 20, 2006 Anders Bylund	Freescale Fades Out in Style On the verge of going private, a promising semiconductor savant reports stunning results. Investors, take note.
InternetNews October 16, 2006 Michael Hickins	Open Solutions Finds an Exit Private investment firms The Carlyle Group and Providence Equity Partners will acquire Open Solutions for $1.3 billion pending shareholder approval.
InternetNews January 9, 2006 David Needle	TI's Sensors And Controls Bought For $3B Texas Instruments said today it signed a definitive agreement to sell its sensors and control business to Bain Capital, LLC for $3 billion in cash.
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 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.
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 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.
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Jack Uldrich	RFID Action Heats Up IBM and Microsoft are both moving aggressively into the RFID field. This is great news for RFID hardware providers; improved software will make these companies' technologies more accessible and useful for their customers. Investors, take note.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John Keller	Rad-hard chip houses speed research on nonvolatile memory Two of the nation's most prominent manufacturers of radiation-hardened semiconductors are putting the finishing touches on technologies they believe will lead to the next generation of solid-state nonvolatile memory devices.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2008 Alex Dumortier	How to Become a KKR Partner Legendary buyout firm KKR is going public. Why now?
The Motley Fool March 9, 2010 Anders Bylund	Semiconductors Stay in High Gear The weather report for the industry is in from Texas: sunny with a chance of limits on the supply.
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 20, 2007 Timothy M. Otte	Scanning in the Aisles Giving customers handheld price scanners is not the next big thing for supermarkets. Radio frequency identification chips are. From an investor's standpoint, the problem is it's hard to say which companies are going to be the big winners in RFID.
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 Guizzo & Santo	The Runners-up: More Earthshaking Chips These 13 great little chips didn't make our list -- mainly because we ran out of space in print. And, well, one isn't even a chip
InternetNews March 17, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Parsing The Future of Wireless What are the big technologies coming in the wireless arena?
The Motley Fool November 22, 2004 Jeff Young	NVE's Nanotrap Only Snares Speculators NVE's stock is sizzling hot. This nano-ostensible company is hell-bent on convincing the world it holds the keys -- licensable keys -- to a high-profile memory technology for PCs, cell phones, and other gadgets.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2009 Anders Bylund	Chip Stocks? Now? Yes IT analysis firm Gartner report s that now is the time to invest in semiconductors, or forever hold your purse.
The Motley Fool October 31, 2010 Anand Chokkavelu	7 Semiconductor Stocks Near 52-Week Highs Here are the top seven semiconductor companies, by market cap, that are within spitting distance of their 52-week highs: Taiwan Semiconductor... Texas Instruments... Broadcom... First Solar... Analog Devices... Altera... ARM Holdings...
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 October 13, 2010 Anders Bylund	Here's a Great Way to Start Investing in Chip Stocks A new ETF based on a venerable market index can form the basis for your chip-profits strategy.
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 March 8, 2010 Dave Mock	A Big Upgrade for National Semiconductor After being locked for more than six months at a less-than-impressive two-star rank, enough top-performing Motley Fool CAPS members have turned bullish on National Semiconductor recently to upgrade it to a more palatable three stars.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Anders Bylund	Give Intel 6 Months for a Turnaround Let's see what Intel says on Tuesday. This could be the beginning of the end of this semiconductor crash. With its new innovative processor lines and savvy use of capital during the downturn, look for Intel to lead the way out of the deep market depths.