An integrated circuit (IC), also known as a microchip, computer chip, or simply chip, is a small electronic device made up of multiple interconnected electronic components such as transistors, resistors, and capacitors. These components are etched onto a small piece of semiconductor material, usually silicon. Integrated circuits are used in a wide range of electronic devices, including computers, smartphones, and televisions, to perform various functions such as processing and storing information. They have greatly impacted the field of electronics by enabling device miniaturization and enhanced functionality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_circuit

Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.[3] Intel designs, manufactures and sells computer components and related products for business and consumer markets. It is considered one of the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturers by revenue[4][5] and ranked in the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue for nearly a decade, from 2007 to 2016 fiscal years, until it was removed from the ranking in 2018.[6] In 2020, it was reinstated and ranked 45th, being the 7th-largest technology company in the ranking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited (TSMC; also called Taiwan Semiconductor)[3][4] is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. It is the world's most valuable semiconductor company,[5] the world's largest dedicated independent (pure-play) semiconductor foundry,[6] and one of Taiwan's largest companies,[7][8] with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu. It is majority owned by foreign investors.[9] Founded in Taiwan in 1987 by Morris Chang, TSMC was the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry and has long been the leading company in its field.[10][11] When Chang retired in 2018, after 31 years of TSMC leadership, Mark Liu became Chairman and C. C. Wei became Chief Executive.[12][13] It has been listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE: 2330) since 1993; in 1997 it became the first Taiwanese company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: TSM). Since 1994, TSMC has had a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.4% in revenue and a CAGR of 16.1% in earnings.[14] Most of the leading fabless semiconductor companies such as AMD, Apple, ARM, Broadcom, Marvell, MediaTek, and Nvidia, are customers of TSMC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC

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James Allworth: Intel's Disruption is Now Complete. Clayton Christensen shared with Andy Grove his research on how steel minimills, starting at the low end of the market, had gained a foothold and used that to expand the addressable market, continued to move upmarket, and finally disrupted the giant incumbents like US Steel. Grove immediately groked it. (more)

*a simulated or otherwise medically ineffectual treatment for a disease or other medical condition intended to deceive the recipient. Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition, a phenomenon commonly called the placebo effect. (more)

change, typically significant change: Re-Engineering, Agile Transformation, Digital Transformation, Product Operating Model Transformation; (Change Your Organization) (more)

Martin Cagan framing of agile product development process (actually he says "it's a conceptual model, not a process"); typically requires transformation, see (2022-05-31) Cagan Moore Transformation Defined; cf Product-Led

Martin Cagan/Jon Moore: Transformation Defined. One question that we get quite frequently is, “what can a company that has transformed do better than a company that hasn’t?” (transformed to the Product Operating Model) (more)

BPR = Business Process Reengineering (more)

Hot take: a lot of "soft skills" in business are necessary only as side-effects of crummy Organization Design: structure, process, culture. Incoherent/lacking Autonomy, Mastery, And Purpose. Are you really rationalizing/rewarding a political (student council) process/culture? See also High Agency. cf Glue People (more)

aka bike-shedding - paying more attention to a topic which generates easy opinions/discussions (e.g. the color of the bike shed) rather than more challenging-but-important topics (business strategy). cf WebDesign

A frame I use in response to ultimately political and self-referential processes of decision-making. "Do you want your product development path to driven by Student Council votes?" (more)

BigCo/Big Retail. In 2024, Walmart has ~2M employees, roughy the population of England in 1500. (more)

Google, Amazon, FaceBook, Apple Computer (more)

An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of various aspects of humans within past and present societies.[1][2][3] Social anthropology and cultural anthropology[1][2][3] study the norms and values of societies. Linguistic anthropology studies how language affects social life. Biological or physical anthropology[1][2][3] studies the biological development of humans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropologist (more)

the real name of David Wong

Jason Pargin: How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind. The theme expresses itself in several ways -- primitive vs. advanced, tough vs. delicate, masculine vs. feminine, poor vs. rich, pure vs. decadent, traditional vs. weird. All of it is code for rural vs. urban. (more)

Economic Development targeted at people in Rural areas. (more)

attempts to help an area become more economically Sustainable. (more)