Mobile leadership. (Corporate Focus).Computer chipmaker chip·mak·er n. A manufacturer of electronic and integrated circuit chips. Intel Corp. spearheaded much of the turnaround with its March launch of a new line of chips for wireless devices, called Centrino. The chips are expected to fuel sales of personal computers and notebook computers A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. with wireless access to the Internet - in turn, leading to sales of component chips that are made by some of L.A.'s handful of computer companies. As of May 21, Intel's stock was up nearly 21 percent for the year, to a close of $18.84 a share. The performance has trickled down to some local semiconductor companies. International Rectifier International Rectifier Corp. (NYSE: IRF) is a manufacturer of power semiconductors (MOSFET, IGBT, diodes and thyristors), located in El Segundo, California, USA. It has a market capitalization of 2.48 billion USD and is listed on the S&P Midcap 400. , which makes power management semiconductors, exceeded market estimates with earnings of $7.5 million, or 12 cents a diluted share, for the third quarter ended March 31, compared with $12.2 million (19 cents) for the like period a year ago. Information technology sector shipments rose by 21 percent from the previous quarter, driven by orders to supply power management chips for products based on Centrino and Intel's Pentium M A family of CPUs from Intel that are part of its Centrino brand for mobile computing. Introduced in 2003 at speeds up to 1.6 GHz, it was formerly code named "Banias." Introduced in 2004, the second-generation Pentium M (code named "Dothan") uses the same chip package but is built with 90 chips. "Anytime you are attached to Intel you are going to benefit in a big way' Matas said. In defense, orders rose by 49 percent. Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. recently
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new design wins" in its April 24 report.
Westlake Village-based Diodes saw its stock hit a 52-week high of $17.85 on May 15 after announcing earnings of $1.9 million, or 21 cents a diluted share, for the first quarter ended March 30, compared with $208,000 (3 cents) for the like year-earlier period. The company also makes semiconductors for power management, and it has ridden demand from China-based manufacturers of portable consumer electronics products. Diodes' Asian business grew to roughly half of total sales, up from 30 percent in 2002, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report by analyst Gary Mobley at B. Riley and Co., a Los Angeles-based equity research firm. This has helped insulate in·su·late tr.v. in·su·lat·ed, in·su·lat·ing, in·su·lates 1. To cause to be in a detached or isolated position. See Synonyms at isolate. 2. the company from poor pricing and demand in the U.S. market. "Manufacturing is shifting to Asia and we recognized it early," said Mark King, vice president of sales and marketing at Diodes. |
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