Understanding Chip Technology: A Developer's Guide
Discover how semiconductors evolved & current industry state in "Chip War" by Chris Miller. Learn why Nvidia chips reign supreme despite not being fabricated in-house. A must-read for developers!
I’m fascinated by the book “Chip War”. I haven’t completed it yet, but I’m thrilled by the first part. This book was written by Chris Miller and was first published in 2022. The author, in a simple and interesting way, shows a brief history of the development of semiconductors and how new technologies, companies, and products were founded, grew and went bankrupt around it. I found out a lot about the current state of this industry and how it came to be. There are several ideas from this books. The cost of innovative tools for producing new advanced chips is so high that it isn’t profitable....