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Things to Know About CHIP

The Children’s Health Insurance Program, which is abbreviated as CHIP, is something that is talked about in the news from time to time. Your child might qualify for the program, or could currently be benefiting from it. The CHIP program receives funding for a certain amount of years, and then depends on Congress to allow that funding to continue. Facts About CHIP The Children’s Health Insurance Program was passed in 1997. CHIP provides health insurance for 9 million children. CHIP helps families who make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but who don’t make enough to be able to … Continue reading →

The Children’s Health Insurance Program

The Children’s Health Insurance Program is both a Federal and a State program. It is also called CHIP. It was first created in 1997. This program is designed to provide low-cost health insurance coverage for children, who come from families that make too much money to qualify for Medicaid, but who do not make enough money to be able to afford to buy health insurance from private companies. This program was expanded in 2009 when President Obama signed the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA). More funding was added at that time, in order to be able to help … Continue reading →

Desktop Supercomputers And A Contest

The next generation of desktop computers just may be arriving soon. That is because developers at the University of Maryland engineering department have created a prototype for a supercomputer that is the size of an average desktop machine. Supercomputers that have speeds that are 100 times faster than standard desktop computers have been used for years for large applications on a massive scale. But, they take up equally large physical space. This is done by a technology known as parallel processing. Until now, it has been impossible to bring that power down to the desktop level because of programing complexities. … Continue reading →

Proximity Computing Coming Soon?

Have your heard of proximity computing? It promises to dramatically increase data transaction speeds between computer chips while greatly reducing power consumption. What is more, is that the technology seems to be able to work like magic, allowing computer chips to communicate with each other without actually making physical contact. So instead of being connected to each other, the chips interconnect, communicate and function by just being in close proximity, hence the new technology name. Proximity computing is currently being developed by Sun Microsystems. Last Thursday, the company debuted a prototype chip that they call the “Sedna,” during Sun Lab’s … Continue reading →