Saturday, April 9, 2011

Week in review: Chip merger tops the news

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com and Click, IBD’s tech blog.

Signs point to Q2 as the top of the current semiconductor equipment spending cycle. (April 8, 2011)

Dell is going from selling physical computers to selling virtual ones.
The company announces a $1 billion investment in cloud computing effort. (April 7, 2011)

Texas Instruments deal to buy National Semiconductor could spark more chip mergers and acquisitions. Analysts say the pairing of the analog chip companies is a natural. (April 5, 2011)

Photo: A manufacturing associate wears a "bunnysuit" while handling wafers at a 1,200-degree Centigrade furnace at a National Semiconductor factory. 

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