Chipmaker Analog Devices ( ADI -0.14% ) started the year poorly because of uncertainty in its end markets and an analyst downgrade. The company was seeing weakness in ordering patterns, similar to peer Texas Instruments. But, the problem was short term in nature. The automotive market is picking up and telecom players such as China Mobile ( CHL ) and Verizon ( VZ 0.51% ) are aggressively moving forward with their LTE initiatives.