Let us define micro machine as a small machine built using integrated circuit 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 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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Besides being bullish on tech bellwethers like Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) and Cisco Systems (nasdaq: CSCO - news - people ), Gurian also says to buy integrated circuit maker Linear Technology (nasdaq: LLTC - news - people ) and publishing software company Adobe (nasdaq: ADBE - news - people ).

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What he did not foresee was the development of the transistor and later the integrated circuit, which mean satellites are far smaller than the objects he sketched out, which would have used valve technology and needed regular maintenance.

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