11.   If all goes well, such machines will be producing chips commercially within five years.

12.   If you prefer something a little crisper and a little saltier, pack up these locally produced chips.

13.   In general, producing analog chips is less capital intensive than making digital chips, because analog chips do not benefit from the latest manufacturing processes.

14.   Intel spokesman Robert Manetta said the moves are just more steps in producing faster chips in greater quantities.

15.   It also is working with Intel Corp. to produce graphics chips for personal computers.

16.   Japanese companies like Fujitsu, NEC Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and Toshiba Corp. must negotiate with TI if they want to continue producing chips.

17.   Like many of its competitors, Motorola has delayed plans for new semiconductor plants and is producing fewer chips in existing plants in response to declining demand.

18.   No chips had been produced for several weeks.

19.   Possibilities included a foundry agreement, under which Hynix sites would produce memory chips for Infineon, as well as joint marketing and sales.

20.   Stephen P.A. Fodor, the chief executive, said Affymetrix would now begin producing chips using the completed genome sequence.