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BRCM will probably supply chips to the new version of the apple iPhone. This will bost their sales, especially if the iPhone sells well. Its a good double hitter if you invest in both Apple and BRCM.

Even if Apple does bad, BRCM still has a new chip out that will be most likely used in a new mobile device.

BRCM also just made a new chip that can obtain the highest network ethernet speeds to date. This company, in my opinion, will revolutionize networking and internet speeds. It is a large company who can take hits, but it also is coming out with new products that could further i

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With concerns over recession, turmoil in the financial sector, fear of rising rates, high market volatility and a rising aversion to risk, many investors have been avoiding technology stocks.

Investors have feared that these economic headwinds will dampen both consumer spending for technology products and reduced capital expenditures for technology in the corporate sector.

Despite these concerns, some of the newsletter industry's leading advisors are looking beyond the

SiRF Technology (SIRF) shares are trading lower this morning after Broadcom (BRCM) announced late yesterday that a U.S. International Trade Commission administrative law judge on Friday recommended the ITC bar the importation of products containing SIRF chips that violate Broadcom patents.

Broadcom says products affected by the ruling include personal navigation devices, GPS modules and receivers, PDAs and cell phones. The judge had previously found that SIRF infringes six Broadcom GPS-related patents.

An interesting question here is exactly which phones and GPS devices would be barred under

Broadcom (BRCM) shares are trading lower this morning after Oppenheimer’s Allan Mishan cut his rating on the stock to Perform from Outperform. “Though we believe the company is well positioned for long-term growth and continued share gains,” he wrote in a research note, “we see a deceleration beginning in Q4 that could affect BRCM’s multiple for several quarters.”

Mishan says broadband and enterprise component sales “have likely been running ahead of consumption,” and adds that he is “concerned that a return to trendline will hurt Broadcom’s future revenues.” He also says that “the lack of o

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As part of AMD's (AMD) effort to streamline itself to better compete with rival Intel (INTC), the company will sell its TV chip business to Broadcom (BRCM) for $192.8 million.

Broadcom was named as a likely buyer of the TV chip business last month, but it looks like the company got the division at a discount: AmTech's Mark Conley thought the purchase would happen at $250M-$375M, 1x-1.5x earnings for the division.

Broadcom offered jobs to 530 AMD employees, 90% of whom are engineers. The company said it would use the division to enter the market for cheap TVs.

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