PCs Mobiles & other electronic products in demand again so more chip companies building capacity.

At this price, BEDE looks good.

Any comments?

Bede keeps moving up on very light trading

For the moment all the excitement is underground with the miners and gold and diamonds and stuff so very few investors are interested in X-ray equipment to test chip manufacturers output.I suspect some shrewd folk are picking up BEDE while this sector is quiet and it will nudge up until the focus turns again towards technology diamonds and BEDE should then do well.

BEDE should announce 4th quarter update soon & with the chip companies struggling to keep up with demand there will be a nice surprise methinks.

BEDE is also the only supplier of equipment that Intel needs for it's new chips.

I'll try & find the link to that info & post it here.

1.7 Million Crossing trade.

I think that BED is going to take off soon.

The results may be about to greatly exceeed expectations due to big increase in demand.

Preliminary Results - Monday 26 April 2004

This is one share worth a closer look. I agree with apple, its dirt cheap.

I think movement in share price will come pretty soon.

NEW YORK (AFX) - Semiconductor sales for the month of January increased 27
percent over year-earlier levels to $15.6 billion, according to the
Semiconductor Industry Association, as particular strength in China helped Asia
Pacific sales increase 34 percent. Elsewhere, Japan sales rose 32 percent,
European sales increased 19.5 percent and sales in the Americas grew 18 percent.
Meanwhile, sales declined 2.4 percent from December 2003. For 2004, the SIA
reiterated its sales growth forecast of 19 percent, with expected strong demand
from the computation, communications, consumer and automotive markets.
This story was supplied by CBSMarketWatch. For further information see
www.cbsmarketwatch.com.

Thanks cpeck12

you're welcome, apple. We'll see what happends the next few days. More than 95% were buy over the past few days and today!

Just a short technical intro that you might be interested:

This examines and projects the technologies involved, their likely developments, what problems and choices are facing users, and where the opportunities and pitfalls are. The worldwide markets are analyzed and projected.

Each new generation of IC devices brings about a corresponding decrease in linewidths and minimum feature sizes. The technological trends and innovations in IC fabrication processes directly influences the market for microlithography equipment. This market is the most competitive of all front-end semiconductor equipment markets, due to the high price of the equipment and the potential for high profit.

Optical methods of wafer imaging have remained the dominant force in the IC industry, despite claims made by E-beam, X-ray, and focused ion beam equipment manufacturers that even higher resolution is needed for VLSI devices. Two of the main reasons for the continual acceptance of this technology have been system maturity and the development of more effective exposure ultraviolet radiation. The current advances in optical system will eventually reach their limits, resulting in competitive marketing and technology strategies by X-ray vendors for a share of the microlithography market.

Current advances in optical systems could reach their limitation for 4 Gbit devices, but will continue to be a driving force. X-ray technology is being positioned to step in.

Looks promising, but don't seems to capture alot of interest. Any comments welcome.

looks like a steady rise today.

Aviva has increased its holding from 2.97% to 3.00% on 27 Feb.

Quiet today... a giant in bed.

Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December due Monday 26 April.

Check out Reuters.co.uk This share got a buy rating with more brokers support it this week!

Thanks Pumacat, I'll go look.

Online spread much tighter than the quote, chart suggests that any movement upwards will take it straight back to 25p. could be a nice little earner given what is happening at IMG. Results out soon should also spur interest.

Results out on the 26th of April, could be a very good price to get in as buyers will speculateon good results given growth in the semi conductor industry and as a similar company to immagination, risky but potentially very rewarding at this price.