Tech Sector 11/27

AMD
Nov 20th - 21.44
Nov 24th - 21.54

News:
- AMD congratulated Nintendo on the successful release of it’s new console because it is producing the graphics chip for the game company.

- Intel is expected to get 45nm chips on the market by the second half of 2007 vs AMD’s projected 2008 release. The smaller the chip, the less power it consumes and the more potential for speed.

MSFT
Nov 20th – 29.89
Nov 24th – 29.76

News:
- Microsoft’s Zune is being left far behind in online sales, bizjournals.com reported that on Amazon’s top sellers, it is being outsold by some Ipod accessories.

- I’ve heard from multiple online sources that the 360 is selling well in light of the poor PS3 availability.

DELL
Nov 20th – 24.00
Nov 24th – 27.33

News:
- The big news was last Wednesday when Dell posted highly successful earnings. A 17% gross margin and $.30 a share earnings easily beat analysts expectations. The stock was up 9% on Nov 22^nd.