Semiconductors
Thanks to Apple, Qualcomm’s Licensing Business Just Took a Turn for the Worst
On July 19, Qualcomm (NASDAQ:$QCOM) released its fiscal Q3 earnings report, and the mobile chip behemoth’s licensing business took a turn for the worst. Why? Primarily because of the current – and escalating – legal ... [Read]
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Micron Technology’s Stock is on the Mend
Remember when investors were arguing that the technology sector was topping? Well, now that the Nasdaq has scored its eighth straight up day, that fear is nothing but a distant memory. If you’re a momentum ... [Read]
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Mobile Chip Giant Qualcomm Confident It Can Settle With Apple
It seems that Qualcomm’s (NASDAQ:$QCOM) legal risks are continuing to build. While the Federal Trade Commission’s legal complaint against the San Diego-based company is progressing forward, Apple’s (NASDAQ:$AAPL) separate but similar legal battle is escalating ... [Read]
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Nvidia’s Stock Climbs to Record Close On the Back of a Six-Session Win Streak
Following William Stein’s upgrade, shares of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:$NVDA) climbed to a record close on the back of a six-session win streak on Wednesday. The SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst said that he underestimated the growth ... [Read]
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Intel Fights Back on Competition with New Microprocessor Chips with Improved Performance
On July 11, Intel (NASDAQ:$INTC) unveiled its new microprocessor chips for corporate servers and cloud data centers, claiming a bigger boost in the performance of these chips than previously expected. With competitors coming at them ... [Read]
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Apple Actually Gave Graphics Supplier Imagination Technologies Several Years’ Notice on its Plans to Switch Suppliers
Imagination Technologies (NASDAQOTH:$IGNMF), the longstanding supplier of the custom-designed A-series processors used in many Apple (NASDAQ:$AAPL) products, announced in April to its investors that Apple is no longer going to be using its processors. The ... [Read]
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4 Reasons Why NVIDIA Stocks Rose More Than 600% Over the Past Two Years
For a long time, graphics processing units (GPUs) designer and tech company NVIDIA (NASDAQ:$NVDA) was struggling as its main competitor Qualcomm (NASDAQ:$QCOM) swooped in and knocked it out of the smartphone market. In the last ... [Read]
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Qualcomm Sues Apple for Violating its Patents
Semiconductor producer and telecommunications company Qualcomm (NASDAQ:$QCOM) has just announced that it has sued tech giant Apple (NASDAQ:$AAPL). Complaints were filed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California as well as the ... [Read]
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Move Over Intel, AMD is in Town
Technology giant Intel (NASDAQ:$INTC) recently debuted their Core i9 Extreme Edition, a chip with capabilities capable of supercomputing levels of a few decades ago. Only available in October, however, PC performance fans and gaming enthusiasts ... [Read]
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Analyzing Micron Technology, Inc.’s Technical Chart – June 09, 2017
Traders and investors are successful not because of luck, but because of their analytical skills, ability to take risks, and understand their limits. One of the most important analytical skills a trader and/or investor can ... [Read]