The company said that overall inventories of semiconductors were small, a good sign for chip makers.

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In yet another sign of weak demand in the chip industry, Texas Instruments this afternoon issued weaker-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter.

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As for cardholders who are still waiting to be issued with chip and pin they will be able to continue to sign for their purchases in the normal way as retailers will not be liable if the card is used fraudulently.

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Professor CHIP CASE (Economics, Wellesley College): The other sign of pending recovery and return to normalcy is bottom-fishermen.

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The Altera deal is the latest sign that Intel is moving ahead with a serious effort in the chip foundry business, using capacity and its manufacturing expertise to build chips for others.

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Shan Wang of Stanford has used a GMR chip smaller than a postage stamp to detect carcinoma-embryonic antigen (a sign of colon and rectal cancer) and human papilloma virus, the main cause of cervical cancer.

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