“They do wireless and cellular. They make semiconductors and they own the set-top box manufacturer, General Instrument. Broadband is going to be coming into your home via either a cable box or a wireless box. I just think they have it covered her and the fact is they reported their earnings and a little margin squeeze at the time when technology stocks were crashing.”
Scott Bleier
“Last year we focused on placing one or more of our flagship products at the top semiconductor manufacturers in the world as ranked by spending. Capacity expansion plans announced by several of these customers are contributing to our more optimistic outlook, and we are also experiencing increasing demand for our legacy products.”
Don Mitchell
“In order to reduce the cost of high-speed semiconductor test, manufacturers need a single set of tools that can be used to debug next-generation designs, characterize finished design performance parameters, and cost-effectively support high-volume manufacturing test. Our 6.4-Gbps solutions portfolio is the only offering on the market today tailored to deliver this capability with an optimal price and performance combination.”
Dave Ranhoff
“Semiconductor manufacturers have to predict the market. They have to think like their customers and take their own read on consumer interest.”
David Carey
“The pace of both the recovery in the semiconductor equipment industry and the crossover to 300-millimeter tool sets required us to restructure the company in the third quarter.”
Richard Hill
“We are pleased to add Tower Semiconductor to our list of qualified vendors. We have set stringent qualification standards for all of our wafer suppliers and Tower has passed on all levels.”
Paul Franklin
“It appears to me that fiber-optics and semiconductors have begun to make bottoms, ... Particularly in the semiconductor area, I think we're seeing very early stages of the fiber optic area.”
Peter Green
