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The Ubiquitous Chip As microchips get smaller and faster, they are being used in places far outside the desktop computer	By Michael Krantz

HOW MANY? Fourteen and counting. But you don't really want to know what the Power Train Control Module, the Sensing Diagnostic Module, the Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning Module, the Driver Information Center, the Real Time Damping Module and the other onboard microprocessors actually do to make the '98 Corvette such a hot car, do you? HOW NOW? A "pill" consisting of a Motorola chip, a battery and a sensor sits in one of a cow's four stomachs. It alerts the farmer within half an hour if Bessie falls ill DON MASON-- THE STOCK MARKET

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