A bare chip that is mounted directly onto the printed circuit board (PCB). After the wires are attached, a glob of epoxy or plastic is used to cover the chip and its connections. The tape ...

The computer will support NTSC video output and 4-channels of 8-bit sound. No circuit boards will be used ... in that the 512K chips he wanted were not available in DIPs.

Synopsys , which makes software used to design semiconductors, on Wednesday introduced a technology it said will pave the way ...