Semiconductor sales for 2004 are expected to be 19.5%
Southeast Asia is the biggest consumer of chips, with the area buying 40% of the product.
Seasonal slow period is this current quarter, hence today's downgrade on INTC ( due to weak laptop sales ) and AMD ( due to pressure on flash-memory sales whidch make up 50% of AMD's revenues ) by chipsector analyst Christopher Danely of JP Morgan.
Nonetheless, INTC closed +.26 cents on the session.
SMH: +1.09 closing at 41.85 ( 50 Day at 42.38 ).