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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778556503321

Autore

Brown Clair <1946->

Titolo

Chips and change : how crisis reshapes the semiconductor industry / / Clair Brown and Greg Linden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009

ISBN

0-262-25806-4

1-282-69435-9

9786612694356

0-262-25865-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LindenGreg <1959->

Disciplina

338.4/762138152

Soggetti

Semiconductor industry - Management

Business cycles

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Loss of competitive advantage -- Rising costs of fabrication -- Rising costs of design -- Consumer price squeeze -- Limits to Moore's law -- Finding talent -- Low returns, high risk -- New global competition -- Conclusion: the way ahead.

Sommario/riassunto

This title looks at how the chip industry has responded to a series of crises over the past 25 years, often reinventing itself and shifting the basis for a global competitive advantage.