GLG News by Semiconductor Capital Equipment Experts

* HP hailed Intel’s entry into SSDs announced at the IDF in August  * HP announced that they have selected Samsung SSDs for their virtualization blade server system  * The Samsung SSDs in this application replace 2.5-inch hard disk drives  * HP says that use of SSDs in this application...

1. The stand by power used in gadgets suchs as power supply's in TV's, cell phones, PC's, etc., are typicallly veri inefficient and waste power.  These devices use power even if the off state. 2.These small stand by power supply's are also known in the industry as flea supply's typically use...

What would be Apple's strategy for a sustained position in the laptop market? What has hindered Apple to do more for a profit when cost reduction is a critical issue? How could the new lines appeal to catch more buys?

1.  NAND and DRAM already have higher supply than Demand can absorb 2.  Housing crisis and oil already hurts consumers 3.  Financial crisis double whammy on consumers 4.  Evidence of upcoming job losses and sales declines

1.  Financial Crisis drives consumer weakness 2.  Micron is just one fo the first - more to come 3.  Buyers are cutting back on orders expecting a consumer slowdown.

1.  Financial crisis negatively affects consumer confidence 2. Transitiong to a new std in this financial and consumer confidence crisis 3.  Positive move for AT&T based on current market conditions

How did Corning (NYSE: GLW) push for its valuation over the year? What did Corning claim to be outstanding for Q2, Q3 and Q4 of 2008? How did Corning influence and then surprise financial analysts?

1. DOE report discusses niche applications for LED LIghting, but does not indicate when significant market growth will occur. 2. Greatest potential growth areas for LED lighting are in both interior and exterior lighting. 3. Todays niche applications are primarily in commercial buildings where...

1. Although the overall semiconductor business is only predicted to grow at a 4-6% pace for the next few year, Ethernet looks like it will continue to grow at 10% rate. 2. 10G bit ethernet will continue to grow but will not replace 1Gbit ethernet over the next few years.

* TDK is the last independent HDD head supplier. * In order to remain competitive to vertically integrated HDD companies TDK must push magnetic recording technology.  * At the CEATEC conference in Taiwan TDK announced technology with a magnetic recording areal density of 803 Gbpsi.  *...