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Monday, September 23, 2002
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0209230008sep23(0,960897).story?coll=chi%2Dtechnology%2Dhed Chips near custom age - Shift from general processors may boost performance Jon Van, Tribune staff reporter Like a bright child who learns to read and write by age 4 and then gets bored with the basics in grade school, computer chips are becoming too smart for most of the tasks they do. Rethinking how to use computer chips, which is akin to putting a child prodigy into advanced classes to develop new skills, could unleash a new wave of more productive, and cheaper, technology. MediaWorks Technology Corp., a Schaumburg start-up, is testing that theory. Instead of using several generalized chips to drive cell phones, digital cameras, personal digital assistants and other electronic gizmos, MediaWorks is designing a single, customized chip to run each type of device....
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