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The largest percentage swings in short interest in semiconductor stocks between the February 28 and March 15 settlement dates happened to ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), which tumbled more than 42 percent, as well as to Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), which jumped about 14...

When Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) teamed up with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to launch Thunderbolt, a new hardware interface, the company hoped to quickly replace Firewire and USB 2.0. The latter was followed by USB 3.0, which allows data to be transferred at speeds of up to five gigabits per second -- more than...

AMD (NYSE: AMD) is poised to make billions on the sale of Sony's (NYSE: SNE) upcoming game console, PlayStation 4. The chipmaker, which has a long heritage within the game industry, built graphics processors for Wii, Xbox 360 and GameCube. AMD is currently producing chips for Nintendo's (OTC:...

The largest percentage swings in short interest in semiconductor stocks between the February 15 and February 28 settlement dates happened to Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT) and ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), which tumbled about 19 percent, as well as to Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM), which jumped more...

Semiconductor stocks continued to attract short sellers during the first two weeks of February. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), Qualcomm (...

AMD (NYSE: AMD) is the unlikely beneficiary of Sony's (NYSE: SNE) brand-new game console, PlayStation 4. The company is providing a single-chip custom processor for the console, which includes an eight-core x86-64 AMD "Jaguar" CPU and a next-gen Radeon graphics engine. AMD has a long-standing...

The short interest in semiconductor makers was mixed during the latter two weeks of January. The number of shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH), Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) increased between the January 15 and...

If they can do it, why can’t Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD)? “They” includes Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), and “it” refers to finding success in a world where the PC is slowly dying.   Texas Instruments’ earnings have grown each quarter since March 2012, with...

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), which has faced slumping sales as the PC market weakens, is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter and full-year results Thursday, January 17, after the markets close. Investors will be looking for the semiconductor giant to provide any direction on the year ahead and an...

The short interest data is out from the September 14 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed but overall trended higher. Shares sold short in Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) and Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) rose more than nine percent...

The short interest data is out from the August 31 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed but overall have trended higher. Shares sold short in AMD (NYSE: AMD), Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) rose more than nine...