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Intel's turnaround: Where fear becomes motivation
Intel President Andy Grove was a dynamic individual and he had true stories of hard work. He was a refugee from Hungary who had fled the Soviets and the Nazis. Timidity and discipline were his main mantras in running a business. In his famous book 'Only the Paranoid Survive', he wrote: "Fear of competition, fear of bankruptcy, and fear of failure - these are powerful motivators for people to move forward."
Semiconductor: The crude oil of 1980s
On a chilly evening in Palo Alto (a city in California), three legends of the American chip industry—Bob Noyce, Jerry Sanders, and Charlie Spork—gathered in the warm atmosphere of Ming's Chinese Restaurant. Although they once worked shoulder to shoulder at Fairchild Semiconductor, they later became rivals as CEOs of their own companies. But that evening, they had a common as well as massive challenge in front of them: the irresistible rise of Japan. So they agreed that they could no longer remain indifferent to the government's stance; this time they had to approach the government.
Semiconductor war with Japan: Silicon Valley's uphill task
AMD CEO Jerry Sanders entered the chip business belligerently, especially against his old rival Intel. But in the 1980s, instead of Intel, Japan became his new and even more formidable rival.
IT Workshop at University of Asia Pacific
Emphasizing the importance of practical experience in IT education, IT companies, Servicing24, recently organized a specialized IT workshop at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) of the University of Asia Pacific (UAP).
Silicon Valley crisis: Rise of Japan and rivalry with America
America's semiconductor industry, once the pride of Silicon Valley, suddenly found itself in the midst of fierce competition in the 1980s. Japanese companies were surging like an irresistible wave. One silent but important hero in this story was Hewlett-Packard (HP) executive Richard Anderson. He set strict criteria for which memory chips HP would buy. Therefore, the fate of semiconductor vendors depended on his decisions.
Ediz IT launches operations to boost Bangladesh’s IT sector
Ediz IT, a Japanese IT company, has officially begun operations in Bangladesh, aiming to advance the country’s technology sector and strengthen Bangladesh-Japan collaboration.
Intel's revolutionaries: A new age of silicon
In 1968, student protests in Berkeley and communist unrest in Beijing shook the world. Meanwhile, the Palo Alto Times published a small but groundbreaking piece of news titled "Founders leave Fairchild: Build their electronics company."
Beginning of the semiconductor revolution in Taiwan and Asia
Two top executives of the US Texas Instruments Company—Mark Shepherd and Maurice Chang—flew to Taiwan in 1968. Their goal was to find a suitable location for a new factory for chip assembly.
Rise of global chip industry and low-wage transistor girls
Female workers in Asia played an extraordinary role in the chip-making revolution from the beginning of the modern semiconductor industry. Although mainly men were working on the design of transistors, a group of skilled hands was needed to transform the designed chips into real products that would be fast, accurate, and low-budget. Women filled this gap, especially women workers on assembly lines.
Japan's surprising rise in transistor bewitchment
The wounds of World War II were still unhealed. The United States wanted to destroy Japan's technology sector completely in the beginning. However, they changed this mindset over time. They realized that the role of a strong Japan is unavoidable in maintaining stability in the world. So America decided to pave the way for Japan to advance in technology while maintaining its leadership.