1.   Fraine said the technology, already used by some chip makers, could save companies one to four weeks in detecting flaws.

2.   It also owns stakes in ASM Lithography NV, which makes machines to produce microchips, and in Taiwanese chip maker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

3.   Mitsubishi Materials sells its wafers to chip makers in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

4.   Other computer makers also fell, as did chip makers like Intel, Texas Instruments, Advanced Micro Devices and Motorola.

5.   So has the stock of Applied Materials, by far the largest of the firms that sell capital equipment to chip makers.

6.   The equipment industry desperately needs chip makers to start improving profits so they will buy more chip-making tools.

7.   TWO CHIP MAKERS RAISE THEIR PRICES Two chip makers in South Korea, Samsung Electronics and Hynix Semiconductor, raised prices.

8.   Driven by record sales of computer processors, chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Wednesday posted a narrower-than-expected fourth quarter loss.

9.   This is not only unfair to computer buyers, but also directly damages chip makers.

10.   If such a device became popular, it could challenge the dominance of Microsoft and chip maker Intel in the personal computer market.