The NOR type needs to be ultrafast because it is directly connected to the central processing unit of a computer and stores its basic input-output system (the operating system used by the microchip that lies beneath user-interface operating systems, such as Windows).

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The type of operating system, the make of microchip, the choice of programming language, the brand of computer all these are of no consequence to his argument, because it applies equally to all computers.

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Until that point, Microchip had opted for the standard, incentive-heavy system, in which base pay represented 60% of sales compensation, and commissions accounted for the remaining 40%.

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