21.   The maker of specialty chips used in wireless communications products like cellular phones was hurt amid concern that growth in the wireless communications industry will slow.

22.   The San Jose, California-based company warned that orders for its specialty chips slowed in the past few months.

23.   TI is betting that faster-growing, higher-profit specialty chips will be its future earnings salvation.

24.   TriQuint is the latest of several makers of specialty chips to warn investors about surprisingly weak earnings.

25.   Xilinx said yesterday that its fiscal second-quarter results will be lower than analysts expected because of slowing sales of specialty chips for telecommunications and networking.