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| |   A Whole New World of Chips Throughout the downturn, semiconductor makers kept the R&D fires burning. The payoff -- to the industry and consumers -- is already evident, and it promises to keep growing Memory: Beyond Flash and DRAM Even as today's two main types of storage get new capabilities, next-generation technologies promise far more, at less cost The Healthy Promise of Biochips Tracking the human genome was just the beginning. Now, biochips can be used to study many genetic aspects of a disease -- and possibly a cure TI Gears Up for "the Post-PC Era" Rich Templeton, soon to be CEO, talks about the need today for smaller, faster, cheaper chips aimed at a broader array of uses New Zest for Chip-Equipment Stocks After a few down years for sales of their gear, the likes of Teradyne, KLA-Tencor, and others stand to rise with the rebounding chipmakers | |
 INFO TECH OUTLOOK 2004 Chips: This Boom Is Just Powering Up Economic recovery will further boost demand--and prices--across the industry; New chips from Intel and AMD are set to fire up Wi-Fi and computing (1/12/04) NEWSMAKER Q&A Intel Bets Big on the Digital Home Just as it invested to promote Wi-Fi, the No. 1 chipmaker is backing startups working to network appliances and entertainment systems (1/7/04) TECH KNOWLEDGE Asia Has Chipmakers Cheering The rise of China and a modernization boom in other Asia-Pacific areas are two new engines driving demand (12/8/03) NEWS ANALYSIS Has Intel Broken the Heat Barrier? Putting pressure on rivals, the tech giant has announced a new technology for producing far faster -- and cooler -- chips (11/6/03) INDUSTRY INSIDER Chip Design Will Go East, Too That'll be the next to shift to Asia, says industry vet C.D. Tam (11/3/03) | |
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