Foreign chips flooding the U.S. market provided gobs of cheap memory for PC graphics boards and laser printers--and, boy, did those two technologies ever chew up the memory!

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The cel-shaded graphics are a great candidate for the sort of visual overhaul that the Wii U could provide, and an important counterpoint to the vast world of brown in many modern games.

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The continued economic weakness in Europe and the U.S. is likely to affect the demand for microprocessors and graphics cards.

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Ultrabooks with 15W U-series processors will use comparatively ordinary (if still faster) HD 5000 graphics.

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The Wii U is different from its predecessor in a number of ways, including the addition of high-definition graphics.

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