1.   Also expected to stifle demand for shares of semiconductor, software and computer issues was a report yesterday from the Semiconductor Industry Association on chip demand.

2.   Also stifling demand for shares of semiconductor, software and computer issues was a report yesterday from the Semiconductor Industry Association on chip demand.

3.   As a result, he said he expects memory chip demand to strengthen in September and October.

4.   A higher book-to-bill ratio means chip demand is rising.

5.   A resurgence in chip demand was the good news investors were looking for a day after the Federal Reserve trimmed key interest rates.

6.   Chip demand is slackening as users of chips try to eliminate stockpiles of unused chips and makers shift production to higher-powered chips.

7.   Chipmakers rushed to increase manufacturing capacity in the last two years as a surge in demand for personal computers pushed up chip demand.

8.   Chip demand is slackening as users of semiconductors try to eliminate stockpiles of unused chips, and makers shift production to higher-powered chips.

9.   Companies that make equipment used in production of semiconductors also gained, helped by signs of a turnaround in world chip demand, traders said.

10.   Declines were also spurred by fears that a closely-watched indicator of chip demand will show a decline when posted later today.