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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

China’s growth over the past few decades has been remarkable. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. Influenced by the rapid growth of the bike-sharing craze in China, a savvy Uber employee spun out to create Bird. And, this goes well beyond the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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Your core competency and why not to stray

Berkonomics

Which of your IP assets is your core? From administrative services supplied by personal assistants located in India, to designers and producers of prototypes in China, to call centers managed and located in the Philippines, there are efficient, well organized solutions for virtually every process needed by a company to surround its core.

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East meets West: Why Chinese app developers are targeting US smartphone owners

The Next Web

China is the world’s largest country with more than 1.3 Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. On the other hand, in China, most of the users, the majority, are not well educated and in big cities working in foreign companies. That’s why the free business model is so popular in China. billion people.

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The Semiconductor Ecosystem – Explained

Steve Blank

The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS Act , our dependence on Taiwan and TSMC , China, etc. Taken from the bottom up these semiconductor industry segments are: Chip Intellectual Property (IP) Cores. Chip Intellectual Property (IP) Cores. Specialized Materials.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

Instead of building a model from scratch you can now buy , for common machine learning tasks, pretrained models from others and here , much like chip designers buying IP Cores.). IP (Intellectual Property) Vendors Also Offer AI Accelerators. Machine Learning Training – Hardware.