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For more than 30 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance has provided useful, practical information to professionals responsible for the specification, design, installation and management of structured cabling systems serving enterprise, data center and other environments. These professionals are challenged to stay informed of constantly evolving standards, system-design and installation approaches, product and system capabilities, technologies, as well as applications that rely on high-performance structured cabling systems. Our editors synthesize these complex issues into multiple information products. This portfolio of information products provides concrete detail that improves the efficiency of day-to-day operations, and equips cabling professionals with the perspective that enables strategic planning for networks’ optimum long-term performance.

Throughout our annual magazine, weekly email newsletters and 24/7/365 website, Cabling Installation & Maintenance digs into the essential topics our audience focuses on:

  • Design, Installation and Testing: We explain the bottom-up design of cabling systems, from case histories of actual projects to solutions for specific problems or aspects of the design process. We also look at specific installations using a case-history approach to highlight challenging problems, solutions and unique features. Additionally, we examine evolving test-and-measurement technologies and techniques designed to address the standards-governed and practical-use performance requirements of cabling systems.
  • Technology: We evaluate product innovations and technology trends as they impact a particular product class through interviews with manufacturers, installers and users, as well as contributed articles from subject-matter experts.
  • Data Center: Cabling Installation & Maintenance takes an in-depth look at design and installation workmanship issues as well as the unique technology being deployed specifically for data centers.
  • Physical Security: Focusing on the areas in which security and IT—and the infrastructure for both—interlock and overlap, we pay specific attention to Internet Protocol’s influence over the development of security applications.
  • Standards: Tracking the activities of North American and international standards-making organizations, we provide updates on specifications that are in-progress, looking forward to how they will affect cabling-system design and installation. We also produce articles explaining the practical aspects of designing and installing cabling systems in accordance with the specifications of established standards.

Why Is Semtech (SMTC) Stock Soaring Today

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What Happened?

Shares of semiconductor company Semtech (NASDAQ: SMTC) jumped 5.8% in the afternoon session after hedge fund Edgestream Partners L.P. significantly increased its investment in the company. According to a regulatory filing, Edgestream Partners L.P. boosted its holdings in the semiconductor company by a remarkable 496.0% during the first quarter. The firm acquired an additional 54,185 shares, bringing its total stake to 65,110 shares, valued at approximately $2.24 million. Such a substantial purchase by an institutional investor was often interpreted by the market as a strong vote of confidence in a company's future prospects and strategy.

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What Is The Market Telling Us

Semtech’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 58 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.

The previous big move we wrote about was 2 days ago when the stock dropped 3.2% on the news that a cautious outlook from semiconductor equipment giant ASML sparked a broad sell-off across the sector, hitting chipmakers and equipment suppliers alike. 

The negative sentiment was triggered after the Dutch firm, whose complex machines are essential for producing advanced chips, warned it could no longer guarantee growth in 2026. ASML's management cited "increasing uncertainty driven by macro-economic and geopolitical developments," including the potential for new U.S. tariffs. 

As an industry bellwether, a company whose performance is seen as an indicator of the entire sector's health, ASML's comments are a key signal of future capital spending. The warning sent a chill through the market, as concerns grow that trade tensions could disrupt the highly globalized semiconductor supply chain and slow down investment from chip manufacturers.

Semtech is down 13.5% since the beginning of the year, and at $53.72 per share, it is trading 30.4% below its 52-week high of $77.15 from January 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Semtech’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $1,002.

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