11.   In Las Vegas the only way to buy chips is with cash.

12.   In the early days, the chips were mostly bought by companies that made specialized products in small numbers, like huge industrial machinery for automobile assembly.

13.   Instead of buying chips, you will be able to rent time on them much as people lease cars as well as buy them.

14.   Intel buys memory chips that it puts on motherboards and sells to computer makers.

15.   Intel spokesman Howard High said his company provides errata sheets to large computer firms that buy chips directly.

16.   Israeli surfers with ponytails and Teva sandals lined up to buy chips as Palestinian Authority officials tried to remain invisible.

17.   It sells a programmable logic device, or PLD, that lets users buy cheap chips and program them rather than investing in custom-designed chips.

18.   Large electronics companies like Samsung buy the chips and program them to perform specific functions.

19.   NEC said it is advising clients to buy its chips only from authorized dealers.

20.   Power users eventually develop their own prejudices as to which chip to buy.