MontaVista Linux booted on Freescale Semiconductor MPC5121e hardware, which presented a specific controlled environment, so the Linux kernel could be tweaked to load only the drives necessary for the platform.
It would process hazardous chemicals from semiconductor and hardware production in Silicon Valley for decades, sometimes leaching cyanide into the city's sewage water and spraying chemical mists above the city during periodic accidents.
The 18-year-old PSE Index tracks 100 technology companies throughout 15 subsectors ranging from semiconductors to hardware to biotechnology.
This comprises 160 companies from six segments of the U.S. high tech marketplace, including Internet, multimedia networking, semiconductors, services, hardware and software.
While investments in the Semiconductors and Hardware sectors declined, deal flow for Communications and Networking companies showed some strength as 25 deals raised $354 million, up from 22 deals that raised $246 million in the same period last year.
This fund which has a number of top holdings that are highly ranked by S&P, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Micron Technology and Western Digital, but Kessler warned that its emphasis on semiconductors and hardware does subject the fund to some volatility in a bumpy economy and business environment.
Two-thirds of its assets are in networking and semiconductor companies, digital hardware makers and biotechnology stocks.
Chipmaker Intel intc spearheaded a sharp advance by semiconductor and other hardware stocks on the back of expectations of strong computer sales.
The semiconductor and computer hardware industries were most represented, with large contingents of engineering executives from companies such as Intel, Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems.
