Solar power chip maker MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR) announced a series of restructuring steps today to better align the business to current and expected market conditions in the semiconductor and solar markets.

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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.

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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 ).

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Applied Materials is a trusted one-stop shop for major chip producers.

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The megahertz number so often cited in the marketing materials of computer companies refers to the computer's central processing unit chip as a partial measure of its ability to process data.

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