11.   Cheap machines usually use a stripped-down device called an HSP modem or Winmodem, which depends on the main processor chip to work.

12.   Dallas-based TI has become the undisputed market leader in digital signal processor chips.

13.   For instance, the company earlier this year abandoned its advanced Alpha processor chip, which is designed to run OpenVMS.

14.   If memory chips cannot keep pace, then those fast and expensive new processor chips will be sitting idle most of the time and not earning their keep.

15.   In personal computers that means Intel processor chips and Microsoft software.

16.   In order to quickly process the sounds, Kurzweil Voice stores much of its vocabulary in RAM, where the processor chip can get at the words quickly.

17.   KryoTech developed a package that could pump coolant across a processor chip while leaving the rest of the machine at room temperature.

18.   Motorola is a distant second to Texas Instruments in supplying wireless processor chips, and other companies, including Intel, are crowding into the game.

19.   Novice computer users probably should stay away from replacing the processor chip or motherboard.

20.   Operating systems like Windows and the Mac OS are designed for specific processor chips.