ITRS Roadmap

May 13, 2010
By Carl Johnson

For your weekend reading enjoyment….. The 2009 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors, in all its glory, is available right here: http://www.itrs.net/Links/2009ITRS/Home2009.htm Everyone should have a copy.   I strongly recommend reading it when it is raining outside.   Some of the tech transitions have been visible for a over a decade but they are the very reason...
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Intel and TSM – fizzling

February 25, 2010
By Carl Johnson

One full year from the original announcement Jim McGregor from InStat offers this: “Intel, by some accounts, is guilty of its own success,” McGregor said. “No matter what, they are skewed as the 800-pound gorilla when they enter a new market.” A bit of...
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Applied Materials Earnings – Some like it, some don’t..

February 20, 2010
By Carl Johnson

Under-estimations abound!    After reading several Wall Street analyst reports it is clear that some view the outlook as much more bullish than others.  Two of the reports we’ve  read, one from UBS and one from Goldman Sachs, are quite positive.   Less favorable...
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Book To Bill Report

February 20, 2010
By Carl Johnson

Thursday evening SEMI released bookings and billings for North American based semiconductor capital equipment suppliers.   It’s a lagging indicator but I think it is still worth noting…..  The full...
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Piper Says Buy the Semis

February 8, 2010
By Carl Johnson

Piper Jaffray semiconductor analyst Gus Richard makes some very valid points in his call to buy the semiconductor group.   I do think there is a trade here because the...
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Werkin’ On It!

January 26, 2010
By Carl Johnson

Had a little disaster with the web server and the e-mail server this week so the site is under repair. “I’m werkin’ on it!”
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