Chips promise digital images at lower cost; could be used in array of hand-held devices

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STMicroelectronics N.V.'s Peter Denyer has been working on developing a single, inexpensive memory chip, known as a complimentary metal oxide swemiconductor, for use in digital imaging. The technology used by the CMOS chip allows it to be manufactured cheaper than sensors currently used for digital imaging known as charged coupled devices. Thse CCD's are made by Sony and Matsushita, among othe companies, for use in their video camcorders and electronic cameras. Denyer predicts that his CMOS devices will allow cell phones and other hand-held consumer electronic devices to take, store and transmit digitized snapshots.

Semiconductor Devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Photographic equipment and supplies, Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing, France, C-MOS Integrated Circuits, Computer Peripheral Cameras, Charge Coupled Devices, Research, Semiconductor device, Electronic components, Design and construction, Camera industry, CMOS integrated circuits, Digital cameras, Electronic cameras, Digital camera, Image processing, Digital electronics, Complementary metal oxide semiconductors, CCDs (Charge coupled devices), Denyer, Peter, STMicroelectronics N.V., STM

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Not everyone in the valley loves Silicon-friendly government

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Cypress Semiconductor's TJ Rodgers insists that Clinton's high technology policy is wrong in raising taxes and picking winners. Government should not be involved in determining which technologies are successful, since this can stifle competition and innovation. Certainly government should not be funding start-up companies, since they will have no problem attracting funds if their ideas are sound. Spending increases are generally a bad idea, even the otherwise well-received $17-billion plan to incubate new technologies, as raising corporate taxes only stunts economic growth. However, Rodgers acknowledges that not all government funding is bad; the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research having supported key technologies that would not have been funded otherwise.

Electronic computers, Computer industry, Clinton, Bill, Industrial research, Interview, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Science and technology policy, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., CY, Tax policy, Domestic policy, Government programs, Research and Development, Tax, Government Funding, Government aid, Rodgers, T.J.

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A clear, cool voice in the frenzied world of chip design

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Intel Corp Fellow John Crawford has paced himself while leading the teams that designed the Intel 80386, 80486 and Pentium microprocessors over the past 12 years, with the result that he has not burnt out and remains on the job designing the P7 microprocessor, a possible Pentium successor. Now 40, Crawford started out at Intel in 1977 as a software engineer, at a time when compilers were just being introduced to help boost microprocessor speed. When the 80286 microprocessor, codeveloped with IBM, failed to meet expectations and threatened to take the company's chip business down with it, Intel appointed Crawford chief architect of the team that designed its highly successful 1985 replacement, the much faster 80386. Crawford wrote 1/3 of the 386's microcode himself, but took a more hands-off approach in managing his 486 and Pentium design teams, with equally successful results. Crawford's laid-back management style is greatly appreciated by his engineers.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Microprocessor, CPUs (Central processing units), Intel Corp., INTC, Microprocessors, Circuit design, Leadership, Computer engineers, Computer history, Management Style, Executive, Human Factors, Product Development, Careers, History of Computing, Intel 80386 (Microprocessor), Intel 80486 (Microprocessor), Intel Pentium (Microprocessor), Intel P7 (Microprocessor)

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