But the consulting firm he co-founded in 1983, Monitor Group, officially bit the dust on November 7.

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The BLPC predicts power consumption of bit lines by using replicated bit lines to monitor the frequency of the ring oscillator.

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However, he said he pressed Mr Blair on a number of issues, including the appointment of someone to monitor paramilitaries and said he might have expected Mr Blair to be "a bit firmer on proposals for the way ahead".

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