And that has translated pretty quickly into orders for semiconductor equipment.

A. The area we're most bullish on is semiconductor equipment, just because the stocks have been hit so hard.

There was a huge amount of semiconductor equipment installed, but it is now useless.

If the first stock you buy is in semiconductor equipment, maybe the next should be in software.

The company's new strategy would focus on growth opportunities in semiconductor equipment, analytical instrumentation and medical products.

Applied Materials, a maker of semiconductor equipment, said it planned to shed 1,700 jobs.

In addition to the market leaders listed above, there is a large market for used or secondary semiconductor equipment.

Stocks of companies that make semiconductors and semiconductor equipment were hammered yesterday.

The company has developed semiconductor equipment capable of making chips with circuit lines just a half-micron wide.

Japan is investing almost twice as much in new semiconductor equipment as the United States, they say.