MENLO PARK, California, Jan. 7 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news feature: * * * Funded by the Department of Energy, these centers are part of an effort that brings together national laboratories, universities and industry to invent and accelerate novel microelectronics technologies to operate efficiently or in extreme environments. * * * By Carol Tseng Around the globe day and night, the microelectronics behind much of modern technology help run computers  more