Intel Chairman CraigBarrettCraig Barrett once compared Intel's flagship x86 microprocessors to a creosote bush, a desert plant that drips poisonous oil, killing off any nearby vegetation.

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Intel Chairman Craig Barrett once compared Intel's flagship x86 microprocessors to a creosote bush, a desert plant that drips poisonous oil, killing off any nearby vegetation.

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During the attack on a gas plant in the desert, kidnappers killed two people, including a British national.

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Thirty-five miles southeast of Las Vegas is a 280-acre shining oasis on a parched desert plain: the power plant called Nevada Solar One.

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The Army intends to build a 500mw solar plant at Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert.

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Gradually, the mound gets larger, kills the plant, develops into a dune, and roams the desert for eternity.

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The crisis started after hostage-takers attacked a gas plant at Tigantourine, near In Amenas, in the Sahara desert on Wednesday 16 January, Algerian officials said.

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This month, in the Mojave Desert, a company called BrightSource plans to break ground on a revolutionary new type of solar power plant.

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During the attack on the gas plant in the desert Wednesday, kidnappers killed two people -- an Algerian and a British national, the Algerian Press Service reported.

CNN: Algeria launches push against militants to free hostages