Competing for the Future: How Digital Innovations are Changing the World
Cambridge University Press, 4/16/2007
EAN 9780521862905, ISBN10: 0521862906
Hardcover, 422 pages, 23.5 x 16 x 2.6 cm
Language: English
Everybody knows that digital technology has revolutionised our economy and our lifestyles. But how many of us really understand the drivers behind the technology - the significance of going digital; the miniaturization of circuit boards; the role of venture capital in financing the revolution; the importance of research and development? How many of us understand what it takes to make money from innovative technologies? Should we worry about manufacturing going offshore? What is the role of India and China in the digital economy? Drawing on a lifetime's experience in the industry, as an engineer, a senior manager and as a partner in a venture capital firm, Henry Kressel offers an expert personalized answer to all these questions. He explains how the technology works, why it matters, how it is financed and what the key lessons are for public policy.
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Acknowledgements
1. Genesis
inventing electronics for the digital world
2. Building digital systems
3. Edison's legacy
industrial R&D
4. R&D goes global
5. Financing innovation
venture capital
6. Manufacturing
globalizing faster than ever
7. Your government is here to help
8. The digital world
industries transformed
9. The digital world
a global village
Appendix 1.1 Smaller, faster, more efficient MOSFETs
Appendix 1.2 Building multi-transistor logic gates
Appendix 1.3 MOSFETs in memory devices
Appendix 1.4 CMOS reduces logic gate power dissipation
Appendix 1.5 Laser diode basics
Appendix 1.6 Light emitting diodes (LEDs)
Appendix 1.7 Photodetectors
Appendix 1.8 Making fibre optic cables
Appendix 1.9 Principles of LCD displays
Appendix 2.1 The demise of analog computers
Appendix 2.2 IP, TCP, and the internet
Appendix 2.3 Building an object-oriented program
Index.