Intel is pushing its mobile processor line, dubbed Atom, as a way to cram the ability to run a bite-sized, power-sipping version of the chips that power desktop computers into ever smaller devices.

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The idea of analysing or synthesising small quantities of chemicals in a chip-sized apparatus is not new, but labs on chips have conventionally relied on systems of tiny pipes etched into them to move the chemicals around.

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The company said it expects products built around the new chips will arrive by year-end for pocket-sized, multimedia-friendly gadgets.

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