I’m fascinated by the book “Chip War”. I haven’t completed it yet, but I’m thrilled by the first part. This book was written by Chris Miller and was first published in 2022. The author, in a simple and interesting way, shows a brief history of the development of semiconductors and how new technologies, companies, and products were founded, grew and went bankrupt around it. I found out a lot about the current state of this industry and how it came to be.

There are several ideas from this books. The cost of innovative tools for producing new advanced chips is so high that it isn’t profitable. As a result, many companies decided to stop investing in it. I got a clear explanation of why Nvidia chips are the best at the moment, but they don’t fabricate them; they just order them.

This book is pretty good. I recommend it, especially for developers. It helps to understand a new abstraction layer on top on the technologies we work with.

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