11.   Chip industry analysts agree that the group may be reaching a bottom, but they differ on when to start buying chip stocks again.

12.   Concern about rising inventories, which suggest chip orders may be falling, pulled down chip stocks yesterday in the U.S.

13.   Computer networking and chip stocks fell after two specialty-chip makers warned of weaker sales this quarter, prompting concern that demand for computer products may be slowing.

14.   Computer networking and chip stocks fell after two specialty-chipmakers warned of weaker sales this quarter, prompting concern that demand for computer products may be slowing.

15.   Eighty-three percent of our portfolio is in equities, mostly blue - chip growth stocks and mutual funds.

16.   Earnings potential for chip equipment stocks and manufacturers such as Intel Corp. remain strong, investors say.

17.   Even investors like Moore who sniff at the high prices of chip stocks believe those shares could go higher with a few bits of good industry news.

18.   Even now, Peck said he recommended some chip stocks that he thought had been unfairly battered.

19.   For years, chip stocks moved in lock step with the book-to-bill ratio.

20.   He contends that the industry has hit the bottom of a cycle, and he is urging clients to buy selected chip stocks.