# Books in the Box IV

- Show: [Oxide and Friends](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends)
- Published: 2024-11-01
- Length: 1h 34m
- Episode: 28
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/bed09e7d

## Summary

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.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=0) Introduction: DTrace Tomax and Xamot
- [3:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=229) Bryan Cantrill recommends Sunburst and The Big Score
- [9:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=543) Adam Leventhal recommends Into the Raging Sea and Prince of Persia
- [19:36](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=1176) History of Fairchild, Intel, and AMD
- [29:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=1749) Chip War and Morris Chang
- [32:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=1937) Nick Gideo recommends Creativity Inc and Hardcore Software
- [42:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=2555) Josh recommends Exploding the Phone
- [52:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=3130) Ian Grunert recommends The MouseDriver Chronicles and Twitter books
- [1:02:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=3777) Tom Lyon recommends The Maniac and Shift Happens
- [1:11:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=4300) Xander and Oliver recommend The Idea Factory and Soviet history
- [1:23:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2024-11-01-books-in-the-box-iv#t=5013) Adam and Bryan discuss IBM and the Holocaust

## Topics

- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Intellectual property](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/intellectual-property)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

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

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- [Episode 7: Semiconductor Industry Power Players](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-circuit/2023-02-21-episode-7-semiconductor-industry-power-players) (The Circuit)
- [Words to the Wise with Sally Ward-Foxton](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2022-10-07-words-to-the-wise-with-sally-ward-foxton) (EE Times Current)
- [Old Books, New Tricks - Iterant Inscription Irrationality](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-02-27-old-books-new-tricks-iterant-inscription-irrationality) (The Amp Hour)
- [The Cost Of Doing Business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2015-08-28-the-cost-of-doing-business) (The Amp Hour)
- [The Circuit Ep:1 - Introductions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-circuit/2022-12-21-the-circuit-ep-1-introductions) (The Circuit)

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