Chip War (2022) by Chris Miller
I'm about 90% through this book that I picked up based on some other HN comment I had read. I would highly recommend it
Ask HN: Best books to understand semiconductor business?
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#12https://www.semianalysis.com/ is the best blog by far...all the YouTubers (Asianometry as well) get the analysis from that blog.
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#13Chip War (2022) by Chris Miller
After reading Chip War I read Conquering the Electron by Eric Brach and Derek Cheung. Very good book that goes into a bit more detail than Chip War. Chip War focuses more on the geopolitics than the science.
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#14American Experience did a great documentary about Bob Noyce and the founding of Intel.
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#15Asianometry https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKtxx9TnH76SXumAiJX3N7Y36...
Adding that if you prefer to read (since the question is about best books), asianometry's patreon includes transcripts. Plus it's always good to support someone doing good work.
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#16Asianometry https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKtxx9TnH76SXumAiJX3N7Y36...
thank you, that list looks like a beast. what do you think about john coogan's semiconductor / tsmc videos? TSMC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNwnyA_N9ZM ARM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXgBI8drB-k
That ARM video is useful because it somewhat ties together lots of things in a short-ish video. But I hate the breathless style and the video confuses and mistakes many things. Also what's the point of that silly [the iPhone is british, Fitbit is british, DJI drones are British...]?
In the end it is not about the semiconductor business - just hits several aspects of it at the periphery.
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#17Chip War (2022) by Chris Miller
Came here to say this. It's a fabulous history and easily one of the best and most informative books I read last year. It's not necessarily going to teach you much about the current "business" per se, but it's a must-read for the history and has quite a bit about the current global state of affairs, especially re PRC/ROC, and state of the technology.
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#18Origin story, The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
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#19Two that I found really helpful were The Big Score and The Intel Trinity by Michael Malone. Both cover the earlier years, but great history.
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#20Not a book, but Moores Law is Dead & Adored TV youtube channels and podcasts are a great resource.