VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2022

Another trend that is connected to AR/VR is semiconductors. Given the shortage in gaming consoles (see semiconductor issue above), and thanks to growing smartphone penetration, mobile gaming will continue to grow rapidly in 2022.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The first technology we examined was semiconductors, and the U.S. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. The fourth class shifted our focus to the impact commercial technologies have on the instruments of national power (DIME-FIL).

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 28, 2022

For example, gold is required to make semiconductors, an electric component which is found in almost every piece of technology available to consumers, from cell phones to refrigerators to televisions.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Part 2, weeks 5 through 8, dove into the commercial technologies: semiconductors, space, cyber, AI and Machine Learning, High Performance Computing, and Biotech. It required them to write a 2,000-word policy memo describing how a U.S. competitor is using a specific technology to counter U.S. interests and a proposal for how the U.S.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Underestimating time to completion: The great majority of young companies developing complex products such as semiconductor-based products, new software-based systems and technologies based upon new processes greatly underestimate the time needed to bring the product to marketable condition.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Eynon has spent the majority of his career in the semiconductor industry, over 20 years of which in executive roles over the areas of R&D engineering, high volume manufacturing, marketing, and new business development.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2022

As the prices of motherboards, CPUs, laptops, and other similar items are growing due to the global semiconductor crisis, many owners encounter one of the following questions: . Similar to software, hardware procurement is a major challenge faced by most startups. Should remote work from home desktops and laptops be allowed?

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Software (system and application) Computer peripherals Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Oil and Gas Household products Computer Services Healthcare Support Services Life Insurance Semiconductor Industry Information. Semiconductor Industry 2 5.8 Household products 0.6 Computer Services (maintain and repair ) 0.7 Healthcare Support Services 0.9

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2012

When we think of chip maker Intel , we tend to think of semiconductor chips or computer processors, those tiny bits of silicon and integrated circuits that are the brains in our computers and mobile devices. Yes, they are bits of technology for sure, but we seldom really look at Intel as a bleeding-edge technology company.

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deal architect

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

We have a wide ranging conversation around supply chains - the challenges in the semiconductor sector, the chaos at the California ports, the labor. In the 59th episode of Burning Platform, we (again) host Bob Ferrari of Supply Chain Matters.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 4, 2013

Microchip Technology, with offices in Austin and Chandler, Arizona, announced today the acquisition of Novocell Semiconductor. The post Microchip Technology Acquires Novocell Semiconductor appeared first on SiliconHills. The acquisition was announced today at the 2013 Design Automation conference in Austin.

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SiliconHills

JUNE 4, 2013

Freescale Semiconductor announced it will be sponsoring the Austin Marathon and Half Marathon, replacing Livestrong. The post Freescale Semiconductor to Replace Livestrong as Austin Marathon Sponsor appeared first on SiliconHills.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 30, 2018

He previously cofounded Scintera, a fabless semiconductor company in 2001. Advanced and smarter video analytics solutions will be the baseline which other new and exciting solutions will draw from, and where we will be able to keep ourselves safe and to understand and measure the world around us.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2022

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. But despite all this talk about chips and semiconductors, few understand how the industry is structured. The Semiconductor Ecosystem. Semiconductor Industry Segments.

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SiliconHills

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Samsung Electronics has announced plans to build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor and invest $17 billion in boosting the production of semiconductors in the U.S. This is the largest foreign direct investment in the state of Texas ever,” said Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference announcing the project.

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VC Cafe

MAY 1, 2023

— Eze Vidra (@ediggs) April 30, 2023 Having spent the past 25+ years in tech, I’ve lived through a number of tech “wars” In the early days of PCs, it was the semiconductor wars. By consolidating its services, Apple locked users into its ecosystem and claimed victory.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 28, 2014

Agriculture, lumber and mining are major sectors of the economy, but with the presence of Micron Technology, ON Semiconductor and other large tech companies, the state is increasingly a science and technology hub. Idaho has topped the annual Small Business Friendliness survey conducted by the Kauffman Foundation and Thumbtack.com since 2012.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

APRIL 5, 2020

Materials are one of the most essential contributing features to your tech startup, so searching for reputable suppliers such as TSMC for any semiconductor needs will help to ensure that you can keep your standards as high as possible.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 15, 2024

Rapid technological change in artificial intelligence, autonomy, cyber, space, biotechnology, semiconductors, hypersonics, etc, with many driven by commercial companies in the U.S. The proven value of a massive number of attritable uncrewed systems on the Ukrainian battlefield. The Need for Change The U.S.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 22, 2014

Today it’s dominated by capital efficient software, web and mobile startups whereas 10 years ago it was dominated by semiconductor and hardware startups that consumed huge amounts of capital before their first dollar in revenue. The Oregon startup scene today looks very different from what it did 10 years ago.

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Early Stage Silicon Valley Oregon Technical Review 286

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

I had joined MIPS Computers, my second semiconductor company , as the VP of marketing and also took on the role of the acting VP of Sales. At times they are painful to watch and difficult to manage. Early in my career I lived it as an employee, and I handled it in the worst possible way. Here’s what I wish I had known.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

He’s helped large companies such as AT&T, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Petco, Caterpillar, ADP, Fairchild Semiconductor and KPMG tell their story more effectively using digital content strategies. Rose innovates creative and technical strategies for a wide variety of clientele.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

The great majority of young companies developing complex products such as semiconductor-based products, new software-based systems and technologies based upon new processes greatly underestimate the time needed to bring the product to marketable condition. But we investors often allow too little slack in our estimates as well.

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Silicon Valley Burn Rate Angel Investor Down Round 97

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Our projects will be those at the intersection of DIME-FIL with the onslaught of commercial technologies (AI, machine learning, autonomy, biotech, cyber, semiconductors, commercial access to space, et al.).

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2015

As the provider of analog semiconductor components for Apple’s products, Skyworks Solutions generated a consecutive revenue growth of at least 29 percent in fiscal 2015.

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Steve Blank

JULY 25, 2011

Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory , the first semiconductor company in the valley, set up shop in Mountain View. Fifteen months later eight of Shockley’s employees (three physicists, an electrical engineer, an industrial engineer, a mechanical engineer, a metallurgist and a physical chemist) founded Fairchild Semiconductor.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The first technology we examined was semiconductors, and the U.S. We learned how Russia pursues security and economic interests in parallel with its ideological aims. The fourth class shifted our focus to the impact commercial technologies have on the instruments of national power (DIME-FIL).

Technology 307

Technology Russia Artificial Inteligence United States 307

SiliconHills

JUNE 19, 2019

Founded in 2015, SiFive is a fabless semiconductor company that produces computer chips based on the RISC-V instruction set architecture. SiFive, based in San Mateo, Calif., has expanded to Silicon Hills with an Austin office. Its customers include Qualcomm, Imagination Technologies, Avatar Integrated Systems, Quicklogic Corp.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

in 1962 Walker’s Wagon Wheel Bar/Restaurant in Mountain View became the lunch hangout for employees at Fairchild Semiconductor. When the first spinouts began to leave Fairchild , they discovered that fabricating semiconductors reliably was a black art. We’re all in this together – The Chips are Down.

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Steve Blank

MAY 11, 2021

AI, machine learning, autonomy, cyber, quantum, access to space, semiconductors, biotech are all being driven by commercial companies. Department of Defense is coming to grips with the idea that the technologies it needs to keep the country safe and secure are no longer exclusively owned by the military or its prime contractors.

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Austin Startup

MAY 23, 2019

Semiconductors, IT, health, cleantech, water, energy… ATI has always been looking “where the puck is going” as hockey legend Wayne Gretsky would say. they’ve now successfully graduated over 300 companies through their program, raised over $1.7 billion and have contributed $3 billion to the overall economy.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

In semiconductors and other areas where hard IP really matters, investors highly value patents. .” Intellectual Property. “The number-one thing that will kill a company is if the founders haven’t assigned their IP to it,” according to Schmitz.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

While individual VC’s inside venture firms specialized in particular domains (PC’s, peripherals, semiconductors, test equipment, operating systems, applications, etc.,) The VC business took off with the rapid growth of the semiconductor business. Cell-based Venture Capital – The Birth of Biotech Venture Capital.

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Lean Internet Silicon Valley Venture Capital 258

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Department of Defense faces a proverbial Gordian knot – there’s not just one or two disruptive technologies potentially changing warfare but at least ten; Cyber, AI, Machine Learning, Autonomy, Space, Hypersonics, Biotech, Semiconductors, Directed Energy and Quantum.

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Steve Blank

MAY 30, 2016

But a decade earlier as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering, he was the father of the second offset strategy using software and semiconductors to build smart weapons, smart sensors, and stealth aircraft that helped end the Cold War. Perry eventually became the 19th secretary of defense.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 11, 2020

has passed a law that pressures Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and other Taiwanese companies that manufacture advanced microchips to no longer sell their products to any Chinese entities. The three scenarios below depict a gradual escalation of Chinese actions towards Taiwan in the near-, mid-, and long-term timeframes.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 17, 2023

Intel, once the leader in semiconductors, has a lot of catching up to do , especially as the US chips act is trying to bring manufacturing home to the US. Nvidia GPU demand has seen its stock nearly double in the first 3.5 months of 2023. But even Nvidia is two to three months behind on new order fulfilment for cloud server chips.

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