61. But as PC processor speeds increased and the price of memory chips fell, NT sales started gaining momentum. 62. But Goodman blames the retooling of major Asian chip plants, in preparation for the next generation of memory chips. 63. But memory chips are finding homes in a host of new devices. 64. But the electronics companies may be aided with the expected recovery of the market for computer memory chips. 65. But prices of computer parts such as processors, hard drives, and memory chips have plunged in recent years, even as these components become much more powerful. 66. But the stuff costs several times more than traditional memory chips and requires a new type of motherboard to boot. 67. By focusing on DSPs, Texas Instruments has shielded itself from fluctuating prices for memory chips, which battered earnings a year ago. 68. By making massive investments, Samsung has surpassed Japanese companies in producing dynamic random access memory chips. 69. By the way, while software RAM doubling programs work, they do not work as well as adding real RAM memory chips. 70. By squeezing twice as much data into the memory chips, the MXT system sharply reduces the number of times the computer must run hard drive lookups. |