Cryptoasset Mining & The Magic of Silicon
Over the weekend, a crypto project called Sia posted about their work in designing their own chip for crypto mining. It’s a long post, with some incredible insight. We wanted […]
Category Archives: Silicon
CES 2016
CES 2016 It is that time of year again. The annual technology conference which everyone loves to hate. Last year I laid out my strategy for approaching mega trade shows […]
Virtual Reality, Virtually There?
I had an interesting e-mail exchange with an old friend recently on the topic of Virtual Reality. That forced me to forced me to clarify my thinking on the subject, […]
Sitting on the end of the Whip
There is a metaphor I hear occasionally to describe semiconductors – the idea of a bullwhip. A big part of running a successful chip company is accurately forecasting demand. Semiconductor […]
The Consumerization of the Automobile Supply Chain
Last week I saw an interesting post on Venture Beat about Acer Launching an Electric All-Terrain Vehicle. This struck a chord because Taiwan-based Acer is a manufacturer of PCs and other […]
Should Intel Split in Two? Probably Not
Monday’s post on Intel’s work to win Apple business generated a lot of traffic and Tweets. One follower on Twitter keeps coming at me with good questions. So Frog Man (@accretivegrowth), whoever […]
Intel has 1,000 people working on a chip for iPhone? Of course they do
Late last week Venture Beat reported that “Intel has 1,000 people working on chips for the iPhone.” This prompted a bunch of inbound e-mails and a Twitter conversation. After a […]
