Hardware Podcasts

Books in the Box IV

Oxide and Friends · 1 Nov 2024 · 1h 34m · Episode 28

What this episode covers

Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal of Oxide Computer Company host a book recommendation episode, joined by guests Nick Gideo, Josh, Ian Grunert, Tom Lyon, Xander, and Oliver Herman. The group discusses recent reads including 'Sunburst', 'The Big Score', 'Chip War', 'Hardcore Software', and 'IBM and the Holocaust', focusing on the histories of Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel, AMD, and Microsoft. They analyze the cultural and technical evolution of the semiconductor industry, the rise of Silicon Valley companies, and the ethical responsibilities of technology leaders, drawing parallels between historical corporate decisions and modern hardware startup challenges.

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Oxide Computer Company, Fairchild Semiconductor, Intel, AMD, TSMC, Pixar, Microsoft, Twitter, Bell Labs, Stripe Press
Also
Bryan Cantrill, Adam Leventhal, Nick Gideo, Josh, Ian Grunert, Tom Lyon, Xander, Oliver, Sunburst, The Big Score, Jerry Sanders, Robert Noyce, Hector Ruiz, Chip War, Morris Chang, Creativity Inc, Ed Catmull, Hardcore Software, Steven Sinofsky, Bill Gates, Exploding the Phone, Phil Lapsley, The MouseDriver Chronicles, John Lusk, Kyle Harrison, Hatching Twitter, Nick Bilton, Character Limit, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Elon Musk, The Maniac, John Von Neumann, Shift Happens, The Idea Factory, John Gertner, Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Observability Engineering, Jerry Majors, Liz Fong-Jones, Red Cloud at Dawn, Biohazard, Ken Alibek, More Money than God, Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War, IBM and the Holocaust, Edgar M. IBM, Thomas Watson, Song of the Cell, Siddhartha Mukherjee, DTrace, Computer History Museum

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