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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

Moore’s Law & the Global Semiconductor Industry. INTERACTIVE CHART “ Average Cost of Hard Drive Storage per Gigabyte 1980-2014” Human Progress. Yan Nee Lee, “ 2 Charts Show how Much the World Depends on Taiwan for Semiconductors ” CNBC , Mar. Do you think China can credibly catch TSMC (without an invasion of Taiwan)?

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

The second is a preference for product over strategy. Pretotyping is about what to do before the minimum viable product. Doing it well bakes into the system a preference for hypotheses rather than opinions; fast experiments rather than big plans; and testing ideas and strategies, not just products and technologies.

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Pandemic, Boom, War, Correction. So Now What for Tech?

View from Seed

Even in a sustained downturn, tech is likely to be a driving force of economic productivity improvements rather than the proximate cause of recession (as in 2001). Globalization goes in reverse. Globalization is going in reverse for the first time in 3 decades. But the tide of globalization is starting to ebb.

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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

The United States just did this to China by limiting Huawei’s ability to outsource its in-house chip designs for manufacture by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a Taiwanese chip foundry. Construction on TSMC’s facility is planned to start in 2021, but actual chip production will not start until 2024.

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Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress

Steve Blank

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. This has allowed the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) to integrate private capital and commercial technology and use them as a force multiplier to dominate the South China Sea and prepare for a cross-strait invasion of Taiwan.

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How to get creative with your domain name registration

The Next Web

Not only do you need to come up with something relevant, but you have the added stress of worrying about the verb effect, if it’s easy-to-spell, globally understandable, catchy, memorable and gives off the right impression. Naming your startup can be one of the most difficult challenges for an entrepreneur. Paul Graham. Believe.in.

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What Are The Best Markets For Startups?

YoungUpstarts

Global economic growth is determined by powerful markets, which are becoming more and more sophisticated. It is of paramount importance of localize your product – in other words, to give it a local flavor. The nation quickly managed to transition from an emerging market to a developed market, as opposed to Qatar or Taiwan.

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