The M100 did not jump whole-hog into tech, but dipped their toes in the water and established new positions in two technology names--one in bellwether memory chipmaker Micron Technology and another more substantial one in Israeli information-technology services company Ness Technologies.

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The M100 did not jump whole-hog into tech, but dipped their toes in the water and established new positions in two technology names--one in bellwether memory chipmaker Micron Technology (nyse: MU - news - people ) and another more substantial one in Israeli information-technology services company Ness Technologies (nasdaq: NSTC - news - people ).

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"As we sense in real time more and more about the individual, such as moods and behaviour, we need to provide near absolute guarantees that the information will not be subject to theft or attack, down to the silicon melting and still not giving up its data, " says Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker.

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Chips embodying arm technology were used in 70% of all mobile phones sold in 1998. arm is a "chipless chipmaker, " in the words of its chairman and CEO, Robin Saxby, 52, who was appointed to run the company in February 1991.

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