Chipmakers reap rewards of booming sales
Investors bet Micron Technology and others are still on a sales upswing, as Texas Instruments buys a chip company and Philips' semiconductor unit expects second-quarter sales to surge.
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Investors bet Micron Technology and others are still on the upswing of a memory sales cycle, as Texas Instruments acquires Burr-Brown and Philips Electronics' semiconductor unit expects a surge in second-quarter sales. | 
| | | Micron looks to cash in on rising prices Memory chips are still a boom-and-bust business, but investors are betting big that Micron Technology, which reports earnings today, and others are still on the upswing segment of the cycle.
Texas Instruments buys chip company for $7.6 billion
Philips expects to report surge in chip sales |