Some have special chips designed to enhance the performance of video games.

So, yes, it's more a function of the reader, although you could deliberately design chips that had a lower range.

It turned out that the chips designed in this fashion lacked the necessary performance and cost to be of much commercial use.

But another way to boost processor power is to find new ways to design chips so that they're more efficient.

They took up too much space when compared with chips designed to be put through a readout screen.

Motorola Inc., for instance, reduced the time it took to design certain chips from 16 weeks to one week.

The group has also designed chips with up to 10,000 neurons and tested these in simulation, although they have not yet built them.

The official headphones contain a chip designed by Apple to control the device.

The primary corporate product is software used to design chips and printed circuit boards.

Currently, it is virtually the same process chip makers follow when designing new chips.