Roundup: Intel cuts estimates, iPhone games taking off and more

Roundup: Intel cuts estimates, iPhone games taking off and more

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Intel cuts fourth quarter estimates — The chip maker says sales could fall by as much as 19 percent, and things look similarly bleak for chip companies Applied Materials and National Semiconductor.

IPhone takes on Nintendo and Sony in portable gaming — Among other things,… Continue Reading

Samplify Systems — a rare semiconductor startup

Samplify Systems — a rare semiconductor startup

Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs alike have been bemoaning the fact that nobody starts semiconductor companies anymore. It seems that it’s just too costly and too risky for entrepreneurs to challenge old world chip companies who have locked up the market.

But the folks who started Samplify… Continue Reading