Citing the warning late yesterday by chip maker Microchip Technology, UBS analysts Uche Orji and Parag Agarwal this morning downgraded shares of not only Microchip, but also Maxim Integrated Products and ON Semiconductor.
FORBES: Chip Triple Dip: UBS Downgrades Microchip, Maxim, ON Semi
Gurus focused most of their selling fury on technology stocks, starting off in the chip sector by cashing out of semiconductor equipment company Applied Materials and integrated circuit maker Linear Technology.
Visa is paving the way to increase the security of mobile payments by quickening the migration to EMV contact and contactless chip technology in the US. The EMV technology will speed up adoption of mobile payments.
The last time we mentioned Toshiba's M400, it was rocking a lowly Core Solo processor and a 1, 024 x 768 resolution LCD, but now Toshiba is upping the ante on the convertible by tossing in a Core 2 Duo chip along with HSDPA technology.
ENGADGET: Toshiba's Portege M400 goes Core 2 Duo, gets HSDPA
And new software from Microsoft and the blazing Itanium chip from Intel should ignite a technology buying cycle by November.
But Fargo has North Dakota State University, a vendor of young brains employed by a large Microsoft division and by newer outfits, such as Alien Technology, an RFID chip leader.
Gurus focused most of their selling fury on technology stocks, starting off in the chip sector by cashing out of semiconductor equipment company Applied Materials (nasdaq: AMAT - news - people ) and integrated circuit maker Linear Technology (nasdaq: LLTC - news - people ).
Which is why, according to Chip, companies like Independence IT are taking over the traditional technology space previously occupied by the local computer guy or technology firm.
By integrating Intrinsic ID's PUF technology into its secure microcontroller SmartMX2, NXP significantly enhances the chip's security architecture and strengthens applications such as NFC-enabled mobile payment, electronic ticketing, and eGovernment and cyber security services.
ENGADGET: NXP's silicon fingerprinting promises to annoy the heck out of ID hackers
This company was among the hardest hit by the collapse in chip prices last year and four months ago entered into talks with America's Micron Technology for the sale of much of its chip-making business.
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