Sentence examples for programmable from inspiring English sources

In 1997, Sony released the Net Yaroze, a programmable version of the PlayStation, which allowed users to create their own games.

Join our debateHumble Pi As small, affordable computers get a new lease of life courtesy of the Raspberry Pi, your correspondent gets his hands on one and offers a paean to cheap, programmable hardware for aspiring coders to cut their teeth onFrom our blogsAmericas: How many Chileans?

In manufacturing, innovations such as programmable machine tools make capital equipment more flexible, creating a demand for more flexible human capital, too.

In a sense, this is a programmable version of the static DNA chips that were promoted widely a few years ago.Orchid intends to offer the services of its MegaSNPatron to the drug industry, for a fee.

Against that, the inefficiency of programmable logic can make the chips large often the largest chips a semiconductor "fab" can make and that makes them expensive.Why, then, is the electronics industry embracing programmable logic chips?

Similarly Xilinx has linked with IBM to offer up to four PowerPC processors, from the same family that powers the Apple Macintosh, embedded in its programmable logic chips.

In Europe only one operator, EE, has agreed to participate so far.Whatever the outcome, re-programmable cards are bound to spread, predicts Philippe Vallée of Gemalto, the world's biggest maker of SIMs.

Carmakers, for example, would be able to glue the cards into place so they do not shake loose, and also be able to switch to a different operator for their connected-car services without drivers having to install new cards.Since re-programmable SIMs make it easier not just to sign up with a mobile operator but to switch away from one, the operators are wary of the innovation.

Users of the new iPad can use its re-programmable SIM to sign up for AT&T but will have to install a new card if they want to switch operator later.

For instance, Gemalto is supplying re-programmable SIMs for a "smart watch" being made by Limmex, a Swiss firm.The new type of card will gain further momentum if more countries follow the example of the Netherlands, which has just begun to let organisations other than operators issue SIMs, such as utilities and car companies.

So, Apple's new SIMs are meant to make it easier to sign up for a mobile operator and to encourage people to choose the pricier iPad models that contain them.Re-programmable SIMs may also help bring about the "internet of things", in which all sorts of devices, from fridges to cars, will be connected up.