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Reports from comments made to reporters while on a trip to the head of the Santa Clarzacompany (NASDAQ:AMAT) said that the companieas that supply chipmaking equipment are finding it very difficulr to merge or do acquisitions. "Thagt leaves very few avenues togive consolidation, othetr than ... companies the Reuters news service reportdSplinter said. Other problems hindering industry consolidatioh are wide differences in the technologythey use, leavingg little room for anything other than a shutdownm of some companies, Splinter reportedly "The semiconductor equipment industry cannot supportr the necessary level of R&D without some amountg of consolidation," Reuters quoted Splintere as saying.
"Today therse is too much repetition, too much wast in the industry." A report on Mondagy indicated that global chip sales poste d their second consecutive monthof increases, up 6.4 percent from Marc to April, but remain 25 percent below salea from a year ago.
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