91.   If the chip business can produce profits in line with other chip makers, the parent company would be less inclined to sell it.

92.   If the chip makers are not doing good business, most technology companies will not fare well, either.

93.   In a separate development in the wireless Internet industry, the chip maker Intel plans to announce on Monday equipment for a new generation of wireless Internet access technology.

94.   In addition to manufacturing its own chips, Microunity has licensed its technology to several other chip makers.

95.   In one project, MCT has teamed with Shipley Co., a subsidiary of Rohm and Haas, to commercialize the technology for big chip makers like Intel.

96.   In having to cut its staff, he added, Texas Instruments is no different from other chip makers.

97.   In separate announcements Tuesday, two European chip makers, ASM Lithography Holdings of the Netherlands and Philips Electronics, sent out mixed signals about their prospects for recovery.

98.   In the ongoing game of one-upsmanship between chip makers Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Corp., Intel has once more hopped into the lead.

99.   In the last decade the semiconductor industry has expanded dramatically with aggressive new chip makers emerging in Taiwan, Korea and Europe.

100.   Intel, the chip maker, pulled technology stocks lower.