If you follow the semiconductor industry, you may be interested in the thoroughly detailed interview with David Ditzel.
He’s a 30-year industry veteran who worked on engineering projects at Bell Labs, Sun, and Transmeta.
The most interesting part I found was the discussion on RISC as well as the difficulties of introducing a new ISA for the mainstream market.
Also, Ditzel notes at the end that he is currently looking for “holes in the marketplace” to see what products he could help provide for customers. Is that not the textbook definition of entrepreneur in action? Fantastic.
See also:
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FLOPS, MIPS, Watts and the Human Brain
Seth Lloyd’s Million Megahertz CPU
Specialization, Centralization, and the Future of Chip Integration