41.   Most Asian chip companies -- including Samsung, NEC and Hitachi -- operate design studios in the Valley to tap into its rich talent pool.

42.   Ninety percent of chip companies around the world contributed their forecasts.

43.   Other chip equipment companies rallied.

44.   Over time, the region creates a trained labor pool that makes it even more attractive to the next chip company shopping for a new factory site.

45.   Rambus, the Mountain View chip technology company, is the Rambo of stocks so far this year.

46.   Sanders pointed out that AMD is virtually the only major chip company not to announce any layoffs or workforce reductions this year.

47.   Separately, MasterCard announced that an international consortium of eight leading smart card and silicon chip companies has agreed on a new high-security system for smart cards.

48.   Shares of chip companies have risen from September lows but have not taken off.

49.   Shares of Japanese chipmakers fell on concern that lower projected profits at U.S. chip companies and production cuts in Japan signal a longer than expected slump in the industry.

50.   Some chip companies are switching from aluminum to copper for the wiring inside chips.