So for chip designers around the world--from Hewlett-Packard's (nyse: HWP - news - people) Agilent (nyse: A - news - people) spinoff to Toshiba, Kodak (nyse: EK - news - people) and Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people)--the race is on to make it possible.

FORBES: Buyback Backlash

Twenty-five years ago, when I was a junior flack at Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HWP - news - people), the very initials DEC struck terror in my workmates.

FORBES: DEC's Final Demise

In June, Iomega installed board member Werner Heid , a veteran of Hewlett-Packard (nyse: HWP - news - people ), as president and CEO, its fifth in about three years.

FORBES: Can Anything Save Iomega?