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Broadband chip maker MaxLinear files for IPO

Broadband communications chip maker MaxLinear has filed to go public in another indicator that the good times are back for tech stocks and exits. Carlsbad, Calif.-based MaxLinear makes analog or mixed-signal radio chips that can be manufactured in standard chip factories. The chips enable devices to display broadband video. The chips are sed in a [...]
Jan 10th, 2011 | Filed under NewsTags: Alps Electric, Analog Chips, Car Entertainment Systems, Chip Company, Chip Maker, Chip Makers, Deutsche Ban, Digital Signal Processors, Digital Tvs, Electronic Gear, Market Researcher, Maxlinear, Mixed Signal, Morgan Stanley, Netbooks, Set Top Boxes, Signal Radio, Thomas Weisel Partners, Ubs Securities, Venture Capital Funding -
5 O’Clock Roundup: Amazon’s all-time high, Microsoft’s ignorable low, the Windows 7 questions no one but David Pogue wants to be seen answering

Amazon shares hit an all-time record — Today’s $118.49 price is higher than the $400-plus days of 1999, because of splits in the years since. Today’s share price would be about $700 without the splits, says the Wall Street Journal. The Journal hauled out Mary Meeker, a big booster of Amazon and other dot-com stocks [...]
Jan 10th, 2011 | Filed under News