On the LED chip-supply side there's also Seoul Semiconductor, and there are LED semiconductor tool makers, like Germany's Aixtron and Emcore Corp.

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Financial and energy stocks led the blue-chip index lower yesterday.

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U.S. equity indexes finished little changed Monday, bouncing off earlier lows, as the bio-terrorism fears and chip-led tech selling that had plagued stocks most of the day eased up by the close.

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Qualcomm is also the leader in cell phone chip sets, led by its high-end Snapdragon chip.

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In the meantime the hosts survived exciting full-back Barry Davies' chip and chase into space and led 10-0 at the break.

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Ideal for viewing content from any source, the XBR-HX950 LED Internet TV includes the X-Reality PRO Engine, a two-chip digital video processor that optimizes any type of HD, SD or low-resolution Internet video.

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Security concerns have led many places in Europe to accept only chip-and-pin credit cards, which causes trouble for travellers with magnetic-stripe cards.

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Rubicon Technology shares are trading sharply lower in late trading Wednesday after the provider of sapphire substrates used by LED and chip makers reported disappointing fourth quarter results - and provided even more alarming guidance for the first quarter.

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The LED stands for "light-emitting diode, " a semiconductor chip, found in VCRs and radios, that glows when electrified.

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The researchers were led to this idea when they scanned the stem-cell precursors of nerve cells with a device called a gene chip.

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