GMB, one of the country's largest unions--with 600, 000 members embedded in all parts of the economy, from manufacturing to retail--has declared war on private equity.

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Several years ago, Mr. Dell wrote a four-page memo after he first played with the XPS One, a high-end desktop that embedded all its parts inside the monitor.

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Today, traffic speed is measured with censors embedded into the highway in many parts of California.

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The kits include miniature computers embedded in blocks that can be used to control robots made from Lego parts.

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Power-hungry parts see even more of a boost: they can carry Iris Pro graphics with embedded DRAM, which should double the 3D speed on H-series mobile chips (47-55W of typical power) and triple it for the R-series (around 65-84W) on the desktop.

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