great site a general-purpose mini-computer that fit on to a slice of silicon. The latest versions are smaller and thousands of times faster. (Intel)' align='left' / We couldn’t have edited, designed, published and printed this newspaper, especially with most of us working from home, without little chips all over the place — from our design team’s special CPUs to those in the printing press itself. Techies think of the microprocessor as the brain of a device — the circuitry that tells mobile phones, microwaves, Alexa, traffic signals, ATMs, MRI machines, Mars rovers and other gadgets what to

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Tyler Herro was said to be the crux of a potential James Harden trade a season ago. His value has diminished since then, but he could still headline an offer for Portland’s star. None of the players the Trailblazers would acquire in this trade push the needle toward a championship. This is about getting assets and youth. Dealing Lillard is a sign that the current roster, with one of the best players in basketball, is not enough to compete in the West. Getting three players in Herro, Nunn and Achiuwa who are 25 or younger pushes back the timeline for first-year coach Chauncey Billups. Trai

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Oh, Come On. Fire at Microchip Factory Exacerbates Shortage A worldwide shortage of microprocessors already has car manufacturers shutting down some factories and slowing others . The shortage hasn’t raised consumer prices in any measurable way, yet , and analysts have begun to speculate that it will ease in the second half of 2021. But fire is responsible for stopping production at a microchip factory in Japan. The company, Renesas Electronics, makes about 30 percent of the automotive sector’s microprocessors worldwide. The consequences of the fire are far from clear. Bloomberg reports that

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