This should eventually help companies such as Marvell, who reported lower HDD earnings due to lower HDD builds and thus less demand for their HDD controller and other chips.

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The company continues to see strong demand for the Kinect motion controller for the Xbox 360.

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Grid Friendly Appliance Controller: Developed at the Pacific Northwest energy Laboratory, the Grid Friendly Appliance controller senses grid conditions by monitoring the frequency of the system and provides automatic demand response in times of disruption.

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