Howard Yu, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
The story of how America’s great chipmaker’s main strength became an albatross around its neck.
The U.S. is still a leader in designing and selling computer chips, but the vast majority of the world’s chips are fabricated in Taiwan and South Korea.
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The high cost and long lead times for building computer chip factories makes it difficult for the U.S. to reverse the steady decline of its domestic semiconductor manufacturing capacity.
Apple closed all its stores in China as a health precaution, now through at least Feb. 14.
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Trump believes the money Americans spend on Chinese imports like the iPhone goes straight into China’s pockets. In reality, China gets very little value from it.
WhatsApp says more than 1 billion use the app.
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In 1968 computers were the size of a room. But after the founding of Intel and the introduction of the mouse that year they would eventually fit in a pocket – and change the Silicon Valley forever.
Howard Yu, International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
Silicon Valley’s chip supplier de choix scored a massive own goal with smartphones. If it has got driverless cars wrong too, it could be goodnight Santa Clara.
Are microchips as secure as you think they should be?
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As the microchip industry celebrates the 50th anniversary of chipmaker Intel’s founding, engineers and researchers call for a complete rethinking of computer architecture.
Stephen Roper, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
The announcement that Google is to set up a European version of its venture capital operation is welcome news. Google Ventures’ new US$100m fund for fledgling European tech firms represents a new source…