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| Last: 21.20 | Chg: -0.07 | %Chg: -0.33% | Open: -- | Vol: 3,000 | |
| Bid: 21.20 | Ask: 21.27 | Size: 10 | High: -- | Low: -- | Avg Vol: 54.8 M |

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| Industry | Semiconductors |
| Shares Outstanding | 5.5 B |
| 52 Wk Performance Price | 52.2% |
| Dividend | 0.63 2010/02/03 |
| Today's High -- | P/E 27.6 |
| Today's Low -- | EPS 0.77 |
| Open -- | Price to Book 7.5 |
| Prev Close 21.27 | |
| 52 Wk high 21.55 | Moving Averages: |
| 52 Wk Low 13.88 | 21 Day 20.66 |
| Market Cap 117.4 B | 50 Day 20.47 |
| Yield 2.965 | 200 Day 19.18 |
| Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int | Series | Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int |
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| 6.20 | 6.35 | 0.00 | 0 | 21 | Mar 10 15.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 256 |
| 5.25 | 5.35 | 0.00 | 0 | 65 | Mar 10 16.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 341 |
| 4.25 | 4.35 | 0.00 | 0 | 1851 | Mar 10 17.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 7450 |
| 3.25 | 3.30 | 0.00 | 0 | 6373 | Mar 10 18.0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 24743 |
| 2.27 | 2.30 | -0.01 | 0 | 13981 | Mar 10 19.0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 16627 |
| 1.29 | 1.31 | 0.00 | 0 | 24696 | Mar 10 20.0 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 26149 |
| 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0 | 72256 | Mar 10 21.0 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0 | 17563 |
| 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 75013 | Mar 10 22.0 | 0.76 | 0.78 | 0.00 | 0 | 12185 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 4510 | Mar 10 23.0 | 1.71 | 1.76 | 0.01 | 0 | 3182 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 710 | Mar 10 24.0 | 2.71 | 2.75 | 0.01 | 0 | 410 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 421 | Mar 10 25.0 | 3.65 | 3.80 | 0.02 | 0 | 25 |
| 11.10 | 11.40 | 0.00 | 0 | 22 | Apr 10 10.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 366 |
| 8.65 | 8.90 | 0.00 | 0 | 142 | Apr 10 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 3194 |
| 7.15 | 7.40 | 0.00 | 0 | 64 | Apr 10 14.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 2094 |
| 6.25 | 6.35 | 0.00 | 0 | 465 | Apr 10 15.0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 9777 |
| 5.25 | 5.35 | 0.00 | 0 | 1065 | Apr 10 16.0 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 4816 |
| 4.30 | 4.35 | 0.00 | 0 | 2439 | Apr 10 17.0 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 23987 |
| 3.30 | 3.40 | -0.03 | 0 | 7530 | Apr 10 18.0 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0 | 31927 |
| 2.41 | 2.44 | 0.00 | 0 | 18437 | Apr 10 19.0 | 0.14 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0 | 31252 |
| 1.56 | 1.59 | 0.00 | 0 | 100814 | Apr 10 20.0 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 0 | 91582 |
| 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.00 | 0 | 87296 | Apr 10 21.0 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.00 | 0 | 37872 |
| 0.39 | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0 | 54171 | Apr 10 22.0 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 0.00 | 0 | 6213 |
| 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0 | 30862 | Apr 10 23.0 | 1.87 | 1.88 | 0.00 | 0 | 1667 |
| 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0 | 19235 | Apr 10 24.0 | 2.76 | 2.78 | 0.00 | 0 | 2570 |
| 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 13689 | Apr 10 25.0 | 3.70 | 3.75 | 0.00 | 0 | 677 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 1543 | Apr 10 30.0 | 8.60 | 8.85 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 |
| 11.15 | 11.45 | 0.00 | 0 | 41 | Jul 10 10.0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 808 |
| 8.65 | 8.90 | 0.00 | 0 | 112 | Jul 10 12.5 | 0.03 | 0.05 | -0.01 | 0 | 1793 |
| 6.30 | 6.40 | 0.00 | 0 | 881 | Jul 10 15.0 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0 | 5900 |
| 5.35 | 5.40 | 0.00 | 0 | 941 | Jul 10 16.0 | 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0 | 22989 |
| 4.40 | 4.50 | 0.00 | 0 | 770 | Jul 10 17.0 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0 | 22552 |
| 3.50 | 3.55 | 0.00 | 0 | 5081 | Jul 10 18.0 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.00 | 0 | 14220 |
| 2.70 | 2.73 | 0.00 | 0 | 9842 | Jul 10 19.0 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.00 | 0 | 31159 |
| 1.96 | 1.99 | 0.00 | 0 | 20573 | Jul 10 20.0 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.00 | 0 | 24496 |
| 1.35 | 1.37 | 0.00 | 0 | 27185 | Jul 10 21.0 | 1.19 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 0 | 11720 |
| 0.87 | 0.89 | 0.00 | 0 | 17426 | Jul 10 22.0 | 1.71 | 1.73 | 0.00 | 0 | 7158 |
| 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.00 | 0 | 19324 | Jul 10 23.0 | 2.37 | 2.40 | 0.00 | 0 | 3446 |
| 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.00 | 0 | 9488 | Jul 10 24.0 | 3.10 | 3.20 | 0.00 | 0 | 816 |
| 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0 | 14382 | Jul 10 25.0 | 4.00 | 4.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 627 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 130 | Jul 10 30.0 | 8.85 | 8.90 | 0.00 | 0 | 42 |
| 8.75 | 8.90 | 0.00 | 0 | 14 | Oct 10 12.5 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0 | 31 |
| 6.35 | 6.45 | 0.00 | 0 | 12 | Oct 10 15.0 | 0.24 | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0 | 206 |
| 5.45 | 5.50 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | Oct 10 16.0 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0 | 528 |
| 4.55 | 4.65 | 0.00 | 0 | 57 | Oct 10 17.0 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 0 | 1058 |
| 3.75 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 0 | 210 | Oct 10 18.0 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0 | 1590 |
| 3.00 | 3.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 223 | Oct 10 19.0 | 0.95 | 0.98 | 0.00 | 0 | 872 |
| 2.33 | 2.36 | 0.00 | 0 | 830 | Oct 10 20.0 | 1.29 | 1.31 | 0.00 | 0 | 447 |
| 1.75 | 1.78 | 0.00 | 0 | 968 | Oct 10 21.0 | 1.72 | 1.75 | 0.00 | 0 | 1762 |
| 1.28 | 1.30 | 0.00 | 0 | 1281 | Oct 10 22.0 | 2.25 | 2.28 | 0.00 | 0 | 294 |
| 0.90 | 0.92 | -0.01 | 0 | 1322 | Oct 10 23.0 | 2.87 | 2.90 | -0.01 | 0 | 99 |
| 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 0 | 1081 | Oct 10 24.0 | 3.55 | 3.65 | 0.00 | 0 | 40 |
| 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 0 | 836 | Oct 10 25.0 | 4.35 | 4.45 | 0.00 | 0 | 109 |
| 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Oct 10 30.0 | 9.00 | 9.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 55 |
| 18.60 | 19.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 41 | Jan 11 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 997 |
| 16.10 | 16.50 | 0.00 | 0 | 65 | Jan 11 5.0 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 1753 |
| 13.60 | 14.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 191 | Jan 11 7.5 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 1193 |
| 11.15 | 11.40 | 0.00 | 0 | 4724 | Jan 11 10.0 | 0.07 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 0 | 26619 |
| 8.70 | 8.95 | 0.00 | 0 | 3129 | Jan 11 12.5 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0 | 26903 |
| 6.45 | 6.50 | 0.00 | 0 | 48063 | Jan 11 15.0 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.00 | 0 | 43029 |
| 4.35 | 4.45 | 0.00 | 0 | 61231 | Jan 11 17.5 | 0.90 | 0.93 | -0.01 | 0 | 84564 |
| 2.66 | 2.70 | 0.00 | 0 | 89531 | Jan 11 20.0 | 1.73 | 1.76 | 0.00 | 0 | 62397 |
| 1.44 | 1.47 | 0.00 | 0 | 55206 | Jan 11 22.5 | 3.00 | 3.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 14410 |
| 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 0 | 60964 | Jan 11 25.0 | 4.75 | 4.80 | 0.00 | 0 | 9777 |
| 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0 | 21280 | Jan 11 30.0 | 9.15 | 9.25 | 0.00 | 0 | 2153 |
| 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 5492 | Jan 11 35.0 | 13.85 | 14.25 | 0.00 | 0 | 1287 |
| 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 3890 | Jan 11 40.0 | 18.80 | 19.20 | 0.00 | 0 | 1083 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 2005 | Jan 11 45.0 | 23.80 | 24.25 | 0.00 | 0 | 2778 |
| 18.60 | 19.10 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | Jan 12 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 16.00 | 16.65 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | Jan 12 5.0 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0 | 557 |
| 13.55 | 14.15 | 0.00 | 0 | 10 | Jan 12 7.5 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0 | 258 |
| 11.20 | 11.40 | 0.00 | 0 | 3761 | Jan 12 10.0 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0 | 1345 |
| 6.75 | 6.90 | 0.00 | 0 | 4012 | Jan 12 15.0 | 1.12 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 0 | 4772 |
| 5.05 | 5.10 | 0.00 | 0 | 18142 | Jan 12 17.5 | 1.90 | 1.93 | 0.00 | 0 | 8758 |
| 3.65 | 3.70 | 0.00 | 0 | 17781 | Jan 12 20.0 | 2.90 | 2.98 | 0.00 | 0 | 10449 |
| 1.62 | 1.67 | 0.00 | 0 | 12364 | Jan 12 25.0 | 5.85 | 6.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 5310 |
| 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.00 | 0 | 3055 | Jan 12 30.0 | 9.80 | 10.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 11806 |