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for U.S. technology companies, including: --Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. --First Data Corp. -- Freescale Semiconductor , Inc. --Sanmina-SCI Corp. (Sanmina) --SunGard Data Systems Inc. The interactive recovery analysis
fewer chip orders with the firm. Cavium also faces intense competition from larger chipmakers such as Intel INTC, Freescale FSL , and Broadcom BRCM, which recently acquired another high-flying startup, NetLogic Microsystems. Cavium's hardest challenge
Capstone's Jeff Schreiner thinks Microchip may be trying to strengthen its position in the growing automotive microcontroller market. Rivals Atmel ( ATML +1.6% ) and Freescale ( FSL +1.8% ) are rallying a little. Post your comment!
April 20 Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following ratings for Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I, Ltd. (Freescale): --Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'CCC'; --Senior secured bank revolving credit...
Weak results and/or guidance ( I , II , III , IV ) from SanDisk ( SNDK -13.4% ), Freescale ( FSL -7.9% ), Lattice Semi ( LSCC -9.4% ), and Altera ( ALTR -6.5% ) is producing a selloff in chip stocks ( SOXX -1
Wall Street Breakfast Editors submit: Top Stories Windows turnaround helps Microsoft top forecasts. An unexpected 4% increase in revenue from Microsoft's ( MSFT ) Windows division helped the company beat consensus in FQ3, with revenue climbing 6% to $17.41B despite EPS slipping to $0.60 from $0.61.
In tandem with its Q1 report , Freescale Semiconductor ( FSL ) announces chairman and CEO Rich Beyer, who has held the top job since 2008, plans to retire. Freescale's board has begun
for microcontrollers used in industrial products (possibly a negative for other microcontroller vendors, such as MCHP and FSL ), as well as soft demand for ARM-based ( ARMH ) microcontrollers and an ongoing inventory overhang for Android tablets
RBC's upgrade of Freescale Semiconductor ( FSL -1.4% ) is riddled with so many negatives, it's little ..... gross margins likely will come up short, the firm says. But FSL should de-leverage its massive debt pile in coming years