1. AMD made a name for itself by making cheap clones of PC processor chips designed by Intel Corp. 2. At these prices, adding RAM to a memory-starved computer will give you much better value for money than a new processor chip. 3. Besides allowing the construction of more-complex processor chips, it also has a side benefit for users. 4. Because the devices use low-powered processor chips and contain no hard drive, they use relatively little electricity. 5. Bottlenecks between processor and memory limit the number of processor chips that can be used efficiently in a server computer. 6. By contrast, Sun not only has its own version of Unix, but designs a custom line of processor chips to run it. 7. A good video card can speed up your computer at least as much as going to the next-fastest processor chip. 8. A bare board has empty sockets for the processor chip and memory chips. 9. Advanced Micro Devices has picked up the slack and now leads the retail PC market for processor chips. 10. After every large jackpot, lab technicians armed with diagnostic software and portable computers remove the processor chips from the slot machine and check its programming for hidden bugs. |