51.   Intel also said shipments of flash memory chips, which retain their data after power is cut off, set a record.

52.   Intel blamed its weak results on slow sales of flash memory chips.

53.   Intel said the plant is expected to double its manufacturing capacity of flash memory chips.

54.   Intel will now abandon this business to Centennial, but will continue to make the flash memory chips used in such cards.

55.   Most of the machines do not have hard drives, so they are not capable of storing very much on their limited flash memory.

56.   NEC Corp. will turn its attention to the rapidly growing market for flash memory as it attempts to beat falling profits from its mainstay memory chip business.

57.   NEC Corp. shares rose after a report the company will start selling flash memory computer chips.

58.   Now, IBM is exploring the market for tiny disks designed to plug into the same receptacles as the flash memory chips now widely used in digital cameras.

59.   On most newer machines, this is done with a sliver of flash memory.

60.   Other cameras save images to built-in flash memory modules, while one Sony camera uses floppy disks that can be loaded directly into a home computer.