Recently I went to a high-profile semiconductor forum held by the Commonwealth business magazine in Taiwan. Chris Miller, author of the popular book…

February 2023

Video is below Per some feedback that I received, I have edited the script below. taking out the part about "CPUs and GPUs are not seen as acceptable…
If you want to watch the video, it is below: The feedback in the comments for this video has been mostly: “Yes, if only those greedy tech giants would…

January 2023

Microfluidics describes a portfolio of technologies that move and process fluids through channels smaller than 1 millimeter wide or long. Its study has…
Reflections on another year

December 2022

From Rubylith to EUV

November 2022

For this newsletter, I want to highlight a fantastic conversation I had on the Startup Island Taiwan podcast with Tim Koay, a historian of Taiwan’s…
The video is below I want to give my thanks to the Google team for taking the time to speak with me. I really appreciate it. I am a big fan of what they…
imec stands for Inter-University Micro-Electronics Center. Located in Belgium, imec is one of the world's most advanced institutes for microelectronics…
If you want to watch the video, it is below National Steel Corporation or NSC had once been the pride of Philippine industry. One of the biggest…

October 2022

Author’s note: If you want to watch the video, it is below This newsletter is brought to you by my friend at Nightowl Sweets. Purveyor of fine baked…
If you want to watch the video first, it is below The Soviet Union was the first country to put a nuclear reactor on a polar icebreaker. And it was rad…