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| Last: 21.24 | Chg: +0.05 | %Chg: +0.24% | Open: 21.14 | Vol: 53.8 M | |
| Bid: 21.24 | Ask: 21.26 | Size: 1 | High: 21.27 | Low: 20.99 | Avg Vol: 54.2 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 21.27 | P/E 27.5 |
| Today's Low 20.99 | EPS 0.77 |
| Open 21.14 | Price to Book 7.6 |
| Prev Close 21.19 | |
| 52 Wk high 21.55 | Moving Averages: |
| 52 Wk Low 13.64 | 21 Day 20.59 |
| Market Cap 117.1 B | 50 Day 20.45 |
| Yield 2.973 | 200 Day 19.15 |
| Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int | Series | Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int |
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| 6.20 | 6.30 | 0.03 | 0 | 21 | Mar 10 15.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 256 |
| 5.20 | 5.30 | 0.03 | 0 | 65 | Mar 10 16.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 341 |
| 4.20 | 4.30 | 0.03 | 0 | 1851 | Mar 10 17.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 7450 |
| 3.20 | 3.30 | 0.03 | 22 | 6373 | Mar 10 18.0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 24743 |
| 2.25 | 2.28 | 0.02 | 492 | 14427 | Mar 10 19.0 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 53 | 16653 |
| 1.28 | 1.30 | 0.02 | 1,299 | 24509 | Mar 10 20.0 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 916 | 26750 |
| 0.40 | 0.41 | -0.01 | 5,914 | 70703 | Mar 10 21.0 | 0.16 | 0.17 | -0.04 | 2,039 | 17815 |
| 0.04 | 0.05 | -0.01 | 3,011 | 74182 | Mar 10 22.0 | 0.79 | 0.81 | -0.03 | 1,365 | 12402 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 5 | 4506 | Mar 10 23.0 | 1.75 | 1.78 | -0.01 | 283 | 3139 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 710 | Mar 10 24.0 | 2.75 | 2.77 | -0.02 | 55 | 355 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 421 | Mar 10 25.0 | 3.70 | 3.80 | -0.03 | 10 | 20 |
| 10.95 | 11.40 | 0.02 | 0 | 22 | Apr 10 10.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 366 |
| 8.55 | 8.80 | 0.00 | 0 | 142 | Apr 10 12.5 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 3194 |
| 7.10 | 7.30 | 0.02 | 25 | 80 | Apr 10 14.0 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 2094 |
| 6.10 | 6.30 | 0.00 | 2 | 463 | Apr 10 15.0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 3 | 9777 |
| 5.25 | 5.30 | 0.03 | 3 | 1068 | Apr 10 16.0 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 4816 |
| 4.25 | 4.35 | 0.03 | 25 | 2432 | Apr 10 17.0 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 4 | 23991 |
| 3.30 | 3.35 | 0.00 | 14 | 7538 | Apr 10 18.0 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 35 | 31962 |
| 2.40 | 2.42 | 0.03 | 301 | 18461 | Apr 10 19.0 | 0.15 | 0.16 | -0.01 | 301 | 31190 |
| 1.56 | 1.58 | 0.02 | 1,099 | 101113 | Apr 10 20.0 | 0.31 | 0.32 | -0.01 | 914 | 91591 |
| 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.00 | 2,552 | 86449 | Apr 10 21.0 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.00 | 946 | 37508 |
| 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 7,698 | 50148 | Apr 10 22.0 | 1.15 | 1.16 | 0.00 | 466 | 6231 |
| 0.14 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 3,783 | 29510 | Apr 10 23.0 | 1.88 | 1.91 | -0.02 | 22 | 1667 |
| 0.04 | 0.05 | -0.01 | 0 | 19235 | Apr 10 24.0 | 2.78 | 2.81 | -0.02 | 188 | 2570 |
| 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 1,005 | 14432 | Apr 10 25.0 | 3.75 | 3.80 | 0.00 | 0 | 677 |
| 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0 | 1543 | Apr 10 30.0 | 8.70 | 9.30 | -0.07 | 0 | 3 |
| 10.90 | 11.40 | 0.25 | 0 | 41 | Jul 10 10.0 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 808 |
| 8.25 | 8.85 | 0.10 | 0 | 112 | Jul 10 12.5 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0 | 1793 |
| 6.25 | 6.35 | 0.03 | 27 | 864 | Jul 10 15.0 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0 | 5900 |
| 5.30 | 5.40 | 0.03 | 21 | 931 | Jul 10 16.0 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 5 | 22989 |
| 4.35 | 4.45 | 0.00 | 0 | 770 | Jul 10 17.0 | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 31 | 22581 |
| 3.50 | 3.55 | 0.05 | 10 | 5078 | Jul 10 18.0 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.02 | 29 | 14234 |
| 2.69 | 2.72 | 0.03 | 92 | 9817 | Jul 10 19.0 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.01 | 268 | 31032 |
| 1.96 | 2.00 | 0.04 | 409 | 20406 | Jul 10 20.0 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.03 | 309 | 24481 |
| 1.35 | 1.39 | 0.04 | 586 | 27130 | Jul 10 21.0 | 1.23 | 1.26 | 0.02 | 93 | 11678 |
| 0.88 | 0.90 | 0.04 | 488 | 17280 | Jul 10 22.0 | 1.76 | 1.78 | 0.01 | 3 | 7155 |
| 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.03 | 470 | 19112 | Jul 10 23.0 | 2.41 | 2.44 | 0.01 | 0 | 3446 |
| 0.30 | 0.33 | 0.03 | 29 | 9459 | Jul 10 24.0 | 3.15 | 3.25 | 0.00 | 0 | 816 |
| 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 333 | 14314 | Jul 10 25.0 | 4.00 | 4.10 | -0.02 | 0 | 627 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 130 | Jul 10 30.0 | 8.85 | 8.95 | -0.03 | 60 | 50 |
| 8.75 | 8.80 | 0.07 | 0 | 14 | Oct 10 12.5 | 0.10 | 0.13 | 0.00 | 0 | 31 |
| 6.35 | 6.40 | 0.03 | 0 | 12 | Oct 10 15.0 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 1 | 205 |
| 5.40 | 5.50 | 0.02 | 0 | 2 | Oct 10 16.0 | 0.36 | 0.39 | 0.02 | 0 | 528 |
| 4.55 | 4.60 | 0.02 | 0 | 57 | Oct 10 17.0 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.02 | 0 | 1058 |
| 3.75 | 3.80 | 0.05 | 10 | 200 | Oct 10 18.0 | 0.71 | 0.74 | 0.03 | 246 | 1405 |
| 3.00 | 3.05 | 0.06 | 23 | 203 | Oct 10 19.0 | 0.98 | 1.01 | 0.04 | 37 | 852 |
| 2.33 | 2.37 | 0.06 | 80 | 762 | Oct 10 20.0 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 0.04 | 17 | 430 |
| 1.76 | 1.80 | 0.06 | 139 | 873 | Oct 10 21.0 | 1.76 | 1.79 | 0.03 | 125 | 1648 |
| 1.29 | 1.32 | 0.07 | 88 | 1193 | Oct 10 22.0 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 0.03 | 20 | 274 |
| 0.91 | 0.94 | 0.06 | 41 | 1281 | Oct 10 23.0 | 2.92 | 2.95 | 0.03 | 40 | 59 |
| 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.05 | 21 | 1063 | Oct 10 24.0 | 3.60 | 3.70 | 0.03 | 0 | 40 |
| 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.05 | 49 | 789 | Oct 10 25.0 | 4.40 | 4.50 | 0.02 | 0 | 109 |
| 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | Oct 10 30.0 | 9.00 | 9.10 | -0.02 | 11 | 44 |
| 17.30 | 19.85 | -0.07 | 0 | 41 | Jan 11 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 997 |
| 14.85 | 17.35 | -0.05 | 0 | 65 | Jan 11 5.0 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 1753 |
| 12.30 | 14.85 | 0.33 | 0 | 191 | Jan 11 7.5 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 1193 |
| 11.00 | 11.35 | -0.05 | 10 | 4751 | Jan 11 10.0 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0 | 26619 |
| 8.55 | 8.90 | 0.00 | 0 | 3129 | Jan 11 12.5 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0 | 26903 |
| 6.40 | 6.50 | 0.05 | 24 | 48053 | Jan 11 15.0 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.02 | 1,009 | 42667 |
| 4.35 | 4.40 | 0.05 | 120 | 61249 | Jan 11 17.5 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.05 | 5,282 | 80139 |
| 2.67 | 2.70 | 0.08 | 2,066 | 88801 | Jan 11 20.0 | 1.77 | 1.80 | 0.05 | 5,385 | 58641 |
| 1.46 | 1.49 | 0.08 | 1,698 | 54985 | Jan 11 22.5 | 3.05 | 3.10 | 0.05 | 43 | 14385 |
| 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.07 | 6,917 | 56047 | Jan 11 25.0 | 4.80 | 4.85 | 0.02 | 36 | 9744 |
| 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.02 | 187 | 21230 | Jan 11 30.0 | 9.20 | 9.30 | 0.00 | 0 | 2153 |
| 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0 | 5492 | Jan 11 35.0 | 13.05 | 15.55 | 0.10 | 0 | 1287 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 3890 | Jan 11 40.0 | 18.00 | 20.50 | 0.02 | 0 | 1083 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 2005 | Jan 11 45.0 | 22.95 | 25.50 | 0.02 | 0 | 2778 |
| 16.35 | 18.85 | -0.55 | 0 | 2 | Jan 12 2.5 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.90 | 18.30 | 0.20 | 0 | 2 | Jan 12 5.0 | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0 | 557 |
| 11.35 | 13.85 | -0.57 | 0 | 10 | Jan 12 7.5 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.01 | 0 | 258 |
| 11.05 | 11.30 | -0.07 | 0 | 3761 | Jan 12 10.0 | 0.30 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0 | 1345 |
| 6.70 | 6.85 | 0.00 | 1 | 4013 | Jan 12 15.0 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 0.03 | 221 | 4551 |
| 5.00 | 5.10 | 0.03 | 24 | 18155 | Jan 12 17.5 | 1.90 | 1.95 | 0.03 | 14 | 8760 |
| 3.55 | 3.60 | 0.05 | 284 | 17754 | Jan 12 20.0 | 2.94 | 3.05 | 0.06 | 17 | 10442 |
| 1.61 | 1.65 | 0.02 | 30 | 12357 | Jan 12 25.0 | 5.90 | 6.05 | 0.05 | 39 | 5349 |
| 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.03 | 10 | 3055 | Jan 12 30.0 | 9.85 | 10.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 11806 |