The 8088 chip could use only a limited amount of computer memory, and it seemed adequate at the time.
In their announcement here today, officials of the companies said they expected to produce the first chips using the new processes by mid-1995.
Data was written to the chips using an electron gun, similar to the operation of a television tube.
The tires are chopped up and the chips used in place of stone for drainage.
A chip with fewer transistors is cheaper, easier to design, and uses less power.
Under the agreement, the two companies will develop chips, known as static random access memories, using technology provided by Paradigm.
They passed a man who was facedown on the cards table, weeping into an empty stretch of felt where his chips used to be.
Typical of ID chip sometimes used to store medical information for emergency use.
The San Antonio plant was built in the early 1980's to build chips using the bipolar process, which is becoming less popular.
The chip also uses hardware to handle encryption and voice recognition functions that were previously done with software.