Two of the company's clients are teaming up in a blockbuster buy-in.Thanks to an earth-shaking event in the chip industry it serves so faithfully, semiconductor equipment specialist Lam Research (LRCX 3.59%) experienced a pleasant share price rise on Thursday. Bullish investors bid the company's stock up by almost 4% in price, effortlessly beating the 0.5% gain of the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.48%) that trading session. A memorable day for chip companies and their suppliersLam Research didn't have any news of its ow ...