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Car Chip Stocks Up As Safety Ratings Get Tech Revamp

Makers of active car safety technology components jumped Tuesday afternoon as U.S. regulators said 5-Star Safety Ratings will soon specify crash-avoidance technologies. Despite a down day for major indexes, camera vision chip maker Ambarella (AMBA) was up more than 3% in late-afternoon trading and Mobileye (MBLY) swung into positive territory. Both make advanced driver assistance systems, or ADAS. NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) was trading up 1.5% a

GoPro Supplier Ambarella, Qualcomm Set For Drone Duel

Qualcomm (QCOM), Broadcom (BRCM) and Texas Instruments (TXN) could mount an assault on GoPro (GPRO) chip supplier Ambarella’s (AMBA) robust drone sales, Needham analyst N. Quinn Bolton wrote in a research report Friday. And, as GoPro sales slough off despite holiday season shopping, Ambarella will be more dependent on robust drone camera, IP security camera and dash camera sales to stave off “competition from traditional semiconductor

GoPro cuts price of new camera for second time in 5 months

GoPro (GPRO) on Friday slashed the price of its new Hero 4 Session camera for the second time in five months, hoping to stoke demand for its action cameras during the holiday shopping season. The move came after Ambarella (AMBA), which makes image processing chips for GoPro cameras, signaled weakening sales in the action camera market late Thursday. While Ambarella beat Wall Street’s views for fiscal Q3 sales and earnings, it forecast sales for