11.   Investors fled the stocks of computer chip makers after Texas Instruments predicted that the runaway growth in chip sales in the first half of the year would slow.

12.   Memory chip sales will lead the increase next year, the SIA said.

13.   Motorola cited weakness in chip sales and pricing.

14.   Signs that chips sales are slowing damped optimism that profits will grow this year.

15.   Texas Instruments sees memory chip prices and global chip sales rebounding, most of all for its digital signal processors.

16.   Texas Instruments says it expects further pressure on chip sales and margins in the third quarter.

17.   Texas Instruments reported higher revenue and earnings but also forecast that the runaway growth in chip sales in the first half of the year would slow.

18.   The spread of cheaper and more powerful computers is a big reason for the rise in chip sales.

19.   The U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association will release its book-to-bill ratio, which compares chip sales to chip orders.

20.   In addition, Conexant said fiscal third-quarter chips sales for cellular phones were stagnant compared to the prior quarter because of a sales slowdown in South Korea.