Dividends, Company Announcements, New Solutions and Project Collaborations Aimed at Lower Costs, and Energy Efficiency - Research Report on Applied Materials, Semtech, Spreadtrum, Veeco, and IDT

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Today, Analysts' Corner announced new research reports highlighting Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT), Semtech Corporation (NASDAQ: SMTC), Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD), Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO), and Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDTI). Today's readers may access these reports free of charge - including full price targets, industry analysis and analyst ratings - via the links below.

Applied Materials, Inc. Research Report

On September 9, 2013, Applied Materials, Inc.'s (Applied Materials) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share on the Company's common stock. The Company informed that the dividend is payable on December 12, 2013, to stockholders of record as of November 21, 2013. The Full Research Report on Applied Materials, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/251d_AMAT]

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Semtech Corporation Research Report

On September 4, 2013, Semtech Corporation (Semtech) announced that its Snowbush IP group will deliver a new Silicon Intellectual Property (SiIP) platform, the SBMULTC2T28HPM28G SiIP PHY, which supports Common Electrical Interface (CEI) standards up to 28 Gigabits per second (Gbps) for deployment in high data-rate chip-to-chip and chip-to-module applications. The Company stated that the new SilP platform is designed for new generation of chips supporting emerging Exascale computing, Terabit networking, and Petabyte storage markets. Roger Levinson, Vice President and General Manager of the Strategy and Systems Innovation Group at Semtech said, "This new generation of IP targets the chip-to-chip and chip-to-module SOC/ASIC networking market requiring 25Gbps speeds to maximize I/O bandwidth. We are leveraging our years of experience developing platform-based SerDes/PHYs to provide performance and flexibility, while continuing to focus on efficient delivery and superb customer support." The Full Research Report on Semtech Corporation - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/2c11_SMTC]

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Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. Research Report

On September 4, 2013, Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Spreadtrum) announced the outcome of its extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (EGM), related to the Company's pending acquisition by Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd. (Tsinghua Unigroup). Spreadtrum stated that at the EGM, shareholders approved all of the resolutions proposed in the EGM notice, including the approval of the previously announced merger agreement, the plan of merger required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands to give effect to the merger, and the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement. The Company informed that  c.58% of the outstanding ordinary shares voted at the EGM, with c.99% of the voted shares voting in favor of the resolutions. Spreadtrum further stated that completion of the Merger remains subject to the satisfaction or waiver of various conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, including antitrust clearance and other PRC regulatory approvals. The Full Research Report on Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/d7ab_SPRD]

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Veeco Instruments Inc. Research Report

On September 3, 2013, Veeco Instruments Inc. (Veeco) and Imec announced a collaboration on a project aimed to reduce the cost of producing gallium nitride on silicon (GaN-on-Si) -based power devices and LEDs. Barun Dutta, Chief Scientist at Imec said, "Our goal is to establish an entire manufacturing infrastructure that allows GaN-on-Si to be a competitive technology," Jim Jenson, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Veeco MOCVD (metal organic chemical vapor deposition) added, "This technology can be used to create lower cost LEDs that enable solid state lighting, more efficient power devices for applications such as power supplies and adapters, PV inverters for solar panels, and power conversion for electric vehicles." Veeco also stated that its MOCVD equipment delivers excellent film quality and less defects, which are key for effective GaN-on-Si processing. The Full Research Report on Veeco Instruments Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/3583_VECO]

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Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Research Report

On September 9, 2013, Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (IDT) announced a supercomputing and data center reference platform based on its 20 Gbps RapidIO interconnect devices. The Company informed that the platform features a RapidIO-based backplane, compute nodes with RapidIO-to-PCIe interconnect, and Intel Xeon-based computing, which enable OEMs to quickly develop powerful, scalable, energy-efficient supercomputers and data centers. Sean Fan, Vice President and General Manager, Interface and Connectivity Division at IDT, said "With over 30 million RapidIO switch ports shipped to date, RapidIO is key to the multi-processor peer-to-peer processing needs that are emerging in both supercomputing and data center applications. With the growth of processor-to-processor traffic in supercomputing and data centers, IDT's RapidIO portfolio brings the high-throughput, low-latency, and energy-efficiency required by our customers to differentiate their offering." The Full Research Report on Integrated Device Technology, Inc. - including full detailed breakdown, analyst ratings and price targets - is available to download free of charge at: [http://www.analystscorner.com/r/full_research_report/27cc_IDTI]

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