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From Briefing.com: 8:28AM Integrated Circuit beats by a penny (ICST) 23.61: Reports Q3 (Mar) net earnings of $0.26 per share, $0.01 better than the Reuters Research consensus of $0.25; revenues rose 11.3% year/year to $67.8 mln vs the $68.4 mln consensus.

8:04AM Mattson beats, guides above Reuters consensus (MTSN) 12.03: Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.07 per share, $0.02 better than the Reuters Research consensus of $0.05; revenues fell 21.7% year/year to $53.1 mln vs the $48.3 mln consensus. Company sees Q2 revenues of $57-60 mln, Reuters consensus is $55.7 mln, First Call single analyst consensus is $58.1 mln.

7:16AM AMCC upgraded at CIBC 5.30: CIBC upgrades Applied Micro to Sector Perform from Underperform following strong Q4 results, as they think the bias on the stock has changed to positive from negative; firm also cites their belief that momentum in the co's core WAN biz should continue, and they expect accretive, strategic acquisitions.

7:16AM Kulicke & Soffa beats handily (KLIC) 10.85: Reports Q2 (Mar) earnings of $0.44 per share, $0.08 better than the Reuters Research consensus of $0.36; revenues rose 81.4% year/year to $221.8 mln vs the $209.0 mln consensus. Note, co also reports a number of charges so upside likely greater. Co expects Q3 (Jun) sales of $180-$200 mln vs consensus of $198 mln.

7:14AM Ultratech Stepper misses by $0.05 (UTEK) 20.43: Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.01 per share, ex items, $0.05 worse than the Reuters Research consensus of $0.06; revenues rose 20.9% year/year to $26.6 mln vs the $28.7 mln consensus.

7:11AM ATMI beats by $0.02, ex items (ATMI) 25.72: Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $0.12 per share, excluding $0.04 from activities of discontinued operations and a gain of $0.03 related to sale of gallium nitride business, $0.02 better than the Reuters Research consensus of $0.10; revenues rose 51.4% year/year to $56.0 mln vs the $51.1 mln consensus.

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