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And every new iPhone is rumored to include an NFC chip to enable point of sale transactions.
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The highly advanced chip will enable high-density memory solutions such as embedded NAND storage and solid state drives (SSDs).
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The test chip will enable the correlation of the simulation models to the FinFET process and contains test structures, standard cells, a PLL and embedded SRAMs. The memory instances include high-density SRAMs designed to operate at very low voltages and high-speed SRAMs to validate the process performance.
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On the hardware side, Intel (nasdaq: INTC - news - people ) plans to deliver the first lightweight, low-power chip that will enable laptops to access WiMax networks.
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The Wii U has allegedly been hacked, with mod chip developer WiiKey claiming to enable the execution of games stored on a USB drive.
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Tell Chrome to enable support as well as ignore a graphics chip blacklist, and suddenly you're running Epic Citadel from your Linux install.
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Sandbridge Technologies' SB3010 chips are flexible enough to handle a wide range of protocols, multimedia and application processing, which would enable handset makers to built multifunction handsets using a single chip, driving costs down.
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Since Intel IPT is embedded at chip-level, unlike hardware or phone-based tokens, it can enable more secure, yet user-friendly cloud access protection.
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Cell phones function much like debit cards in that they use a data chip (in this case, a SIM card) to store balances and enable withdrawals.
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