The result, a chip code-named Merced, should be available in 1999.

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Besides, Intel is planning to release another new chip, code-named Williamette, by the end of this year.

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According to fresh rumors from Apple blog AppleInsider, the computer maker will soon pledge support for Intel's upcoming new mobile chip platform, code named "Menlow, " and is planning multiple products using the platform for 2008.

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As in Europe, where no transaction can happen without a PIN code and a smart (chip) card.

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Researchers at the Black Hat conference showed just what mischief a commonly used UK PoS terminal could get up to when they inserted a chip-and-pin card crafted with malicious code.

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He soldered a wire to the chip, held some voltage on it, and scrambled its code.

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When the card is inserted into a reader, the chip checks that the fragments are present and undamaged, and if so returns an identification code.

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It doesn't help matters when you're trying to render that inefficient code on extremely low-end hardware, like the sub-1GHz single-core chip inside the ZTE Open.

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