Robert Castellano

Robert N. Castellano, Ph.D, is President of The Information Network, a leading consulting and market-research firm for the semiconductor, LCD, HDD and solar industries. Castellano is internationally recognized as one of the leading experts in these areas. He has nearly 25 years of expertise as an industry analyst. Castellano has provided insight on emerging technologies to many business and technical publications, including Business 2.0, BusinessWeek, The Economist, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, Los Angeles Times Magazine, The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and corporate events. He has over 10 years' experience in the field of wafer fabrication at AT&T Bell Laboratories and Stanford University before founding The Information Network in 1985. He has been editor of the peer-reviewed Journal of Active and Passive Electronic Devices since 1985. He is author of the book "Technology Trends in VLSI Manufacturing," published by Gordon and Breach. His book "Solar Cell Processing" was published in 2009 by Old City Publishing. He received his Ph.D. in solid state chemistry from Oxford University.
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Why Intel Needs to Buy ARM Holdings

By Robert Castellano

ARM Holdings dominates the market for smartphone processors and will eventually conquer the market for netbooks and smartbooks.

01:11PM 12/03/09

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Applied Lands Sweetheart Deal

By Robert Castellano

Applied Materials picked up Semitool for a very attractive price.

02:26PM 11/23/09

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How Sirius Can Survive

By Robert Castellano

Sirius XM Radio needs to add some incentives; a flat-fee approach doesn't cut it in this economic climate.

06:57AM 11/10/09

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Lithography Battle in Chip Equipment

By Robert Castellano

ASML and Nikon will be competing with each other at multiple key customer sites around the world over the next six to eight months.

10:56AM 11/02/09

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Solar State: Look to Supply Lines

By Robert Castellano

Dozens of companies sell materials to the solar industry for module construction, assembly and installation, etc. Watch this activity.

09:04AM 10/27/09

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The Chip-Equipment Disconnect

By Robert Castellano

Sales of semiconductor equipment have fallen to 1994 levels, while semiconductors sales are at much higher relative levels. Here's why.

11:17AM 10/23/09

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Intel: Hard Push in Mobile Internet Devices

By Robert Castellano

Better it acquire new technology than make a frontal attack on ARM.

12:37PM 10/09/09

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Intel: Hard Push in Mobile Internet Devices (RealMoney.com $)

By Robert Castellano

Better it acquire new technology than make a frontal attack on ARM.

10:59AM 10/09/09

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ARM Gets a Leg Up on Netbooks

By Robert Castellano

While Intel's Atom dominates the market in 2009, a movement is under way that will enable the ARM processor to gain a 55% market share in 2012.

10:48AM 09/28/09

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A123 Systems: A Matter of Demand

By Robert Castellano

The success of A123 Systems, which had an extremely successful IPO this week, will depend on how big the market for electric-car batteries will be and how much competition the company faces.

04:50PM 09/25/09

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