"Enthusiasts have long known HyperX as the memory of choice for overclockers and power users who need the most performance from system memory, " said Andrew Ewing, Flash memory business manager, Kingston.

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The archive also includes a memory from the senior project manager working on the theatre's recent refurbishment.

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The sample comes from a hole about 2.5 inches deep drilled on Feb. 8 in a flat plate of sedimentary bedrock that the space agency managers have named "John Klein" in memory of a Mars Science Laboratory deputy project manager who died in 2011.

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In a conversation with a fund manager I explained how many semiconductors (memory chips in particular) are capital-intensive commodities with a 2-year lag from the time a major capital investment is made to when it reaches full production capacity.

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Marc Kaufmann, the previous manager of the Select Electronics fund thought that the sinking memory prices of 1996 presaged a rocket PC market.

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Management of memory card data can (thankfully) be handled on a PC or Mac using Content Manager Assistant, lest you worry that your data is trapped.

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