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Prius problems put spotlight on car electronics (AP)

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AP – Your most expensive piece of electronics probably is not your flat panel TV or your computer. More likely, it’s your car, which can pack 50 microprocessors to control everything from the fuel mix to the rearview mirrors.

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[ More ] February 5th, 2010 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

Intel settles AMD claims but isn’t off the hook (AP)

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AP – Intel Corp. will pay $1.25 billion to make peace with Advanced Micro Devices Inc., as the companies whose microprocessors run nearly all personal computers finally found common ground in a bitter and colorful dispute that caused international antitrust trouble for Intel.

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[ More ] November 13th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

Robots with fins, tails demonstrate evolution (AP)

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AP – Robots wag their tail fins and bob along like bathtub toys in a pool at a Vassar College lab. Their actions are dictated by microprocessors housed in round plastic containers, the sort you’d store soup in.

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[ More ] May 30th, 2009 | No Comments | Posted in Aggregator |

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