# Gouging Green Gardyloo

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2012-07-02
- Length: 1h 06m
- Episode: 102
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-07-02-gouging-green-gardyloo
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-102-gouging-green-gardyloo/

## Summary

Hosts Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the impact of Australia's new carbon tax on electricity pricing and the economics of renewable energy. They analyze Analog Devices' strategic decision to move its 180nm process to TSMC, questioning if fabless operations erode competitive advantage, and cover Renesas' financial troubles and KKR investment. The episode also features reviews of the Blackmagic Design camera, XMOS processors, and a TI energy harvesting chip.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-07-02-gouging-green-gardyloo#t=0) Introduction and Carbon Tax Discussion
- [10:45](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-07-02-gouging-green-gardyloo#t=645) Grid Energy Storage and Liquid Metal Batteries
- [19:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-07-02-gouging-green-gardyloo#t=1173) Google Glass and Hardware Innovation
- [26:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-07-02-gouging-green-gardyloo#t=1593) Analog Devices Moving to TSMC
- [31:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-07-02-gouging-green-gardyloo#t=1893) Renesas Financial Troubles and KKR Investment
- [36:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-07-02-gouging-green-gardyloo#t=2213) Enclosure Sourcing and Distributor Pricing
- [46:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-07-02-gouging-green-gardyloo#t=2780) Blackmagic Design Camera and XMOS Processors
- [1:01:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2012-07-02-gouging-green-gardyloo#t=3691) TI Energy Harvesting Chip and Closing

## Topics

- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Batteries & low-power design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/batteries-and-low-power)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Analog Devices (company)
- TSMC (company)
- Renesas (company)
- KKR (company)
- Blackmagic Design (company)
- XMOS (company)
- BQ25504 (chip)
- Polycase (company)
- Google Glass (product)
- Holden Volt (product)

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