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Cramer on BloggingStocks: Marvell could be a boon for the semis

The Street.com's Jim Cramer says that after a tough week, the semiconductor industry finally gets some good news.

Will Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) (Cramer's Take) give what TriQuint (NASDAQ: TQNT) (Cramer's Take) and Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) (Cramer's Take) took away?

Last week, we had the one-two punch of TriQuint and Broadcom really making the whole Internet tsunami look more like a tropical storm. They both talked about withering demand, and Broadcom verified the bears' double-order thesis, but this morning Marvell says that things are on target, there's no wavering and demand is strong. Bears can take their pick.

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Intel sales up, AMD's down

iSuppli, a niche research firm that focuses on the semiconductor industry, recently published a report on the state of the industry in 2007. The report, an excerpt of which can be found here, is chunk full of info.

Intel (NASDAQ: INTC), the world's largest semiconductor supplier, has extended its lead over rival Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), raising its market share to 12.5 percent while AMD dropped out of the top 10. Intel's revenues are expected to rise by almost 8 percent in 2007, far exceeding the growth rate of the entire industry, which iSuppli pegs at around 4 percent.

AMD, on the other hand, has had a rough go of it this year. While making the top 10 list for the first time last year, AMD is looking at a forecast of sales down almost 23 percent.

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Last updated: November 14, 2009: 04:00 PM

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