81.   Meanwhile, all along the valley, dozens of companies with ties to the fast-growing semiconductor chip industry have sprung up.

82.   Microprocessors became the most profitable and important part of the semiconductor industry, shaping the way computers interact with software programs to accomplish information processing.

83.   Motoman Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, recently opened the shop to cater to the semiconductor industry worldwide.

84.   Ms. McGrath says the slump in the semiconductor industry is ending.

85.   Motorola saw profit fall in the last quarter, hurt by a sluggish semiconductor industry.

86.   No wonder the semiconductor industry is blazing hot.

87.   Nomura Financial Research Institute last week downgraded the Japanese semiconductor industry, and Hitachi and Fujitsu in particular, because of declining prices for memory chips.

88.   Observers say the fierce competition has pushed Intel, the industry giant, and wrung better products and lower prices out of the semiconductor industry.

89.   No bonuses were offered last year because of a downturn in the semiconductor industry, but the company expects to reward workers this year, she said.

90.   Nomura Financial Research Institute last week downgraded the Japanese semiconductor industry and Hitachi and Fujitsu in particular because of declining prices for memory chips.