For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL - April 6, 2009 - Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Rackable Systems (RACK), Silicon Graphics (SGIC), Applied Materials (AMAT), ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) and Kimco Realty (KIM).

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Here are highlights from Friday's Analyst Blog:

RACK to Acquire SGIC

RACK to Acquire SGIC (RACK $3.99, Zacks recommendation: Hold, target price $4.50) has announced that it will acquire Silicon Graphics (SGIC) for about $25 million, plus the assumption of certain liabilities (amount not disclosed).

RACK will

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Market research firm VLSI Research recently compiled its list of the top semiconductor equipment suppliers. Applied Materials (AMAT) once again held the top spot. Maybe more interesting though was the leap ASML Holding N.V. (ASML) had as it overtook Tokyo Electron (TEL) for the second spot. The main reason was lithography.

Immersion lithography permits the ion beam to be more precisely controlled during the formation process, resulting in smaller design geometries or line resolutions. This is accomplished by using water rather than "dry" air between the wafer and hyper-NA (numerical aperture) lenses, thus improving the depth of focus and the extension of wavelengths to lower nodes. Because of the lenses, the same light sources used in 193nm lithography systems can be used down to the 45nm node.

Maskless lithography is an alternative to using costly masks that take time to design and manufacture. The company outsources the

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