There are rumors that AMD (AMD) will buy Xilinx (XLNX). For AMD it makes sense for the following reasons: AMD is primarily in FPGA business. XLNX competes with Intel’s (INTC) FPGA business. Long time subscribers may recall that INTC bought ALTR. At that time ALTR was the prime competitor of XLNX. AMD competes with INTC. It is
This post was just published on ZYX Buy Change Alert. ALTR has received a $54 cash offer from INTC. A higher offer is highly unlikely. ALTR shares are halted as of this writing; they are scheduled to open at 8:50 am ET. If in the premarket ALTR shares spike higher than $54,
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These gadgets–along with many others, including LED lighting–all need semiconductors. From a long-term perspective, the demand for semiconductors is continuing to grow as the devices become ubiquitous in anything that runs electric current. The problem with investing in makers of semiconductors is that the group had become overbought with the
FBR after its checks from Asia reports that the data from Asia is most positive for Marvell (MRVL), Silicon Lab (SLAB), Qualcom (QCOM), and LSI (LSI). The data is most negative for Nvidia (NVDA). The data is also negative for Broadcom (BRCM), Altera (ALTR), and Texas Instruments (TXN).
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ALTR has been running up on the speculation of an ORCL buyout. As an electrical engineer, I am very familiar with the products of ALTR. There is no synergy between Altera’s products and Oracle’s strategy of acquiring semiconductor companies to enhance server technology. Possible buyout candidates include MIPS, AMD, ARMH