But the rapidly growing mobile device market has attracted the attention of a diverse set of semiconductor manufacturers, who are all vying for a greater chunk of the rapidly growing business in the coming years.

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But the rapidly growing mobile device market has attracted the attention of a diverse set of semiconductor manufacturers who are all vying for a greater chunk of the high-growth, high-margin business in the coming years.

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Our downgrade reflects the level of semiconductor internal inventories, which remain elevated as macro conditions do not appear set to make a material move higher or lower.

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But Ballard has set itself a much harder task than that faced by the early semiconductor firms.

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Chart Analysis : The Market Vectors Semiconductor ETF ( SMH) appeared to form a double bottom in July (line a), which set up a good short-term trade.

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