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Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) planned its strategic exit from it back in September 2012. It instead dedicated its strategic and R&D investments toward becoming a pure analog and embedded processing company.

Broadcom’s profitability In the previous part of this series, we saw that Broadcom (AVGO) is likely to witness seasonal revenue decline as demand in its wireless segment, its second largest, falls. While revenue depends significantly on external factors such as customer demand, the pricing environment, and competition, profitability depends on internal factors such as cost control and product […]

Texas Instruments (TXN) is the bellwether of the economy since it caters to most major end markets.

Texas Instruments (TXN) reported strong fiscal Q2 2018 revenue, and forecast slower-than-usual revenue growth for the third quarter as it increases its exposure to the more stable industrial and automotive markets.

Analog chipmakers have exposure to almost all end markets including industrial, automotive, communications, and consumer markets.

NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), a leader in the automotive chip market, provides HPMS (high-performance mixed-signal) analog, MCU (microcontroller), and sensor solutions.

The semiconductor sector is set to report its weakest earnings in more than two years.

The S&P 500 Index, represented by the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY), rose 0.3% on October 23, nearing the all-time high it saw in July.

The companies were asked about the takeover premium and the background to the transaction on the conference call, but they refused to comment.

Texas Instruments (TXN) has been reducing its exposure in the declining smartphone market and increasing its exposure in the growing automotive and industrial markets to reduce its seasonality.

ADI’s Consumer segment is made up of its computing and mobile businesses, and Apple (AAPL) is its biggest customer.

Most semiconductors stocks had risen more than 2% as of midday today, with several factors having raised investors’ optimism about the sector’s growth.

Texas Instruments (TXN) manufactures analog chips that are built on old technology nodes that have already been paid off.

Until now, Broadcom’s profits were a product of a favorable product mix, low costs, and high volumes.

Texas Instruments (TXN) has improved its revenue by diversifying into various end markets.

Microchip stock rose in pre-market trading today after the company updated its financial guidance for the third quarter of fiscal 2020.

Qualcomm is looking to venture into automotive, servers, IoT (Internet of Things), and laptops.

The semiconductor industry welcomed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that President Trump signed into law on December 22, 2017.

In calendar 3Q17, Intel (INTC) was the most profitable semiconductor company, with a last-12-month EBITDA of $25.3 billion.

The Power Solutions Group’s revenues rose 34.3% sequentially to $620.3 million in 4Q16. More than $200 million in revenues came from the Fairchild Semiconductor integration.

Many Apple (AAPL) suppliers who diversified their revenue streams, especially in the automotive sector, reported strong growth in 2Q16, and NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) was no exception.

Texas Instruments’ Analog segment contributes 62% to the company’s total revenue and is made up of high volume analog and other products.

Europe accounted for only 10% of global semiconductor sales in April 2016, according to World Semiconductor Trade Statistics.

Analog Devices (ADI) has been using M&A (mergers and acquisitions) to rapidly expand its technology offerings and boost its revenue.

Texas Instruments (TXN) has increased its exposure in the automotive, industrial, and communications segments, which accounted for 64% of the company’s revenue in fiscal 1Q16.

Intel (INTC) completed its acquisition of Altera on December 28, 2015, for $16.7 billion. The Altera acquisition will make Intel the second largest semiconductor supplier after Texas Instruments.

Marvell Technology was outperformed by its peers based on the gross profit margin and PBV ratio. ETFs outperformed it based on the price movement and PBV ratio.

Consumer demand for the latest features and applications is huge. Endless technological innovation addresses that demand to a point, but has led to consistently shorter product life cycles.