"We are encouraged by the strong seasonal demand we are experiencing in the fourth quarter of 2005," said Keith Jackson, ON Semiconductor president and CEO. "Our consumer-driven end-markets -- computing, consumer electronics and wireless, which represented over 60 percent of our third quarter 2005 revenues -- continue to grow robustly in the fourth quarter of 2005. We will provide further details on fourth quarter 2005 results and first quarter 2006 guidance on our conference call scheduled for Feb. 2, 2006."
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