Qualcomm

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) could be on the cusp of securing an order for several million additional processors. According to DigiTimes, Asus (the company that manufactured the original Nexus 7) will replace NVIDIA's (NASDAQ: NVDA) Tegra 3 with an unnamed processor from Qualcomm. This is surprising...

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 (...

This weekend in Barron's online: a special report on the debt crisis, the coming smartphone slowdown, and the prospects for Linn Energy, American Eagle Outfitters and Rochester Medical. Cover Story "Next Stop, Greece" by Gene Epstein. This part of the special report on the debt crisis suggests...

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...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual Barron's/Lipper Fund Family Ranking, why the Dell buyout deal may unravel, and the prospects for CSX, Hospira, and Wendy's. Cover Story "All in the Family" by Lawrence C. Strauss. It is time again for the Barron's/Lipper Fund Family Ranking, and the...

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is expected to resume development of its unconfirmed Windows RT tablet. The device, which is thought to contain a 10-inch display, would be the next major device to use the Windows RT platform after Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) own tablet, Surface. HTC was expected to enter the...

In a new report, Gartner (NYSE: IT) reveals that semiconductor revenue declined by three percent in 2012. What does this mean for the top 10 semiconductor manufacturers? According to Gartner, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) -- the world's largest chipmaker -- experienced a revenue decline of 2.7 percent....

Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is getting some investor love this morning, rising more than six percent after the company announced that its fourth-quarter revenue came in at $4.87 billion and rose 18 percent year-over-year and five percent sequentially. Qualcomm's operating income of $1.24 billion was...

This past weekend in Barron's online: why Goldman Sachs has held up better than its competitors, the prospects for Trinity Biotech, Steelcase and the Kraft Foods spinoff, and what it means to be a leader of philanthropic causes today. Cover Story "Built to Win" by Michael Santoli. In the...

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...

After a lengthy effort to bring its chipsets to mobile devices, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has inked a deal with Motorola to supply its technology to the RAZR i. Scheduled to be released next month in select European and Latin American markets including the U.K., France, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and...

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...

The short interest data is out from the August 15 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed but overall trended higher. Shares sold short in Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), ARM Holdings (NASDAQ: ARMH) Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) and Texas Instruments (NASDAQ: TXN) rose...

The short interest data is out from the July 31 settlement date. For the big semiconductor makers the results are mixed, although the swings were quite large in some cases. For instance, the number of shares sold short in Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) and Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) rose more...