FACTBOX-Some facts about small US chip companies

BANGALORE, Jan 13 (Reuters) - The worst downturn seen by
the semiconductor industry since the dot-com bust has squeezed
valuations of small and mid-sized chipmakers, making them
attractive targets for larger companies looking to emerge
stronger from the recession. [ID:SGE5BR078]

The S&P smallcap semiconductor and semiconductor equipment
index .6GSPSE shed about 47 percent of its value in 2008.
Even though it rose in 2009 as the sector began to emerge from
its two-year slump, it is still 25 percent off pre-recession
highs.

Here are some key facts on the potential targets:
COMPANY KEY PRODUCTS
MARKET CAP STOCK MOVEMENT

(in
dollars) (Since Jan. 2007)
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------------------------------ Supertex (SUPX.O) Its chips
are used in an array of 371.58 mln -28 percent

products ranging from medical

ultrasound instruments to cell

phone keypads and hand-held devices
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------------------------------ Silicon Storage Makes NOR
flash memory chips used 261.68 mln -40.1 percent
Technology SSTI.O in digital consumer products

Its chips are used in products sold

by companies like Apple, Cisco,

Dell, IBM etc.
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------------------------------ CEVA (CEVA.O) Its
integrated circuits and software 248.44 mln +98.3
percent

designs are used in cell phones,

handheld computers, MP3 players,

and other wireless devices.
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------------------------------ Advance Analogic Supplies
chips used to manage 165.82 mln -30.9 percent
Technologies power in gadgets such as smart
AATI.O phones, notebooks and tablet

computers, digital cameras,

and personal media players
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------------------------------ Entropic Designs
specialized chipsets for 283.31 mln -45.8
percent
Communication^ video and broadband multimedia
(ENTR.O) applications
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------------------------------Silicon Laboratories Its chips
are used in a slew of 2.16 bln +31.1 percent
(SLAB.O) products such as portable devices,

satellite set top boxes, sensors,

and FM radios.
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------------------------------ Voltera (VLTR.O) It
develops power management chips 460.07 mln +18.2
percent

used by networking, storage and

consumer applications.
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------------------------------ Monolithic Power Its
products are used in network 794.70 mln +97
percent
Systems Inc (MPWR.O) communication gear, flat panel

televisions (TVs) and set-top boxes
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------------------------------ ^Entropic went public in Dec
2007
(Compiled by Shrutika Verma in Bangalore)