111.   Chip prices have been rising this year.

112.   Chip prices have been dropping since last year.

113.   Dell Computer Corp. warned late Monday its third-quarter profits will be hurt by rising memory chip prices stemming from the Taiwan earthquake last month.

114.   Dell Computer Corp. warned late yesterday its third-quarter profits will be hurt by rising memory chip prices stemming from the Taiwan earthquake last month.

115.   Dell Computer Corp. warned on Monday its third-quarter profits will be hurt by rising chip prices stemming from the Taiwan earthquake last month.

116.   Executives in recent months have stopped talking about improvements in chip prices and focused on gains in productivity.

117.   Financial woes of Hynix deepened this year amid tumbling chip prices on the international market.

118.   Hynix began takeover talks with Micron late last year while chip prices were tumbling.

119.   Hynix has been in talks with U.S. Micron Technology Inc. since December to form a strategic alliance, including a possible merger to cope with falling chip prices.

120.   Hynix has been struggling to survive in the face of tumbling global chip prices.