Economy of scale doesn’t
A tale of electronic ink and the stupidity of false economy I got a new Kindle 2 for Kathleen for her birthday. I have a Kindle 1 and she kept borrowing it. It was a ...
On R&D and the singularity
I was thinking about where R&D comes from. And then I realized that what I really cared about was the R of R&D. Research, real research which has no immediate product connection, is something only ...
A quiet week is predicted
As predictions go my track record is pretty good, if I do say so myself. So, I’m predicting this week will be rather quiet, with the exception of Apple’s noise of course. And it should ...
On being James Tiberius Kirk
To beat the unbeatable Kobayashi Maru simulation (designed by Spock) at Star Fleet Academy, the young cadet James T. Kirk reprogrammed the game—he changed the rules because of he refused to accept a no-win scenario. ...
Those who don’t learn from history—will profit from the next bubble
When I asked my grandson what would like to be: a fireman, a doctor, a lawyer, a banker, the president of a company, a writer, or a benchmarker, guess what he said? Fireman get burned ...
Look, I know I don’t count
So anything I say is just screaming into the wind—no one hears it, no one cares, go find something else to do. So when I tell you I am an adult, cross streets by myself, ...
Larrabee is coming, Larrabee is coming!
Pat Gelsinger doing his Vanna White thing with a Larrabee wafer at Beijing IDF. (Courtesy Hardware Fr) According to reports from those who attended the Beijing IDF conference last week, the esteemed and always amusing ...
What’s in a processor?
Generally speaking, the difference between a microcontroller and a “processor” is soft code programming, microcontrollers typically run from a ROM-based set of instructions, which may simply be a function of manufacturing and cost convenience, and ...
ARM based netbooks?—not exactly. But how about a new category?
Is this the future ARM-based cloud client? ARM netbooks are coming and it’s not about price because ARM silicon won’t be that much cheaper than an Intel or VIA solution. It will be about power ...
Multiple sources of entertainment— how come I’m not happier?
Jon needs a stimulus If I wanted to watch TV on a television set, like the 37-inch 1080p LG that’s proudly sitting in my family room, I have four choices of source: OTA (we live ...
The birth of consumerism
Did the world end in October? Is this the death of consumerism? Edward Bernays. (Courtesy Wikja Finance) Sales for companies in all sectors dropped, inventories piled up, lay-offs expanded, and the world went into economic ...
Defying gravity—it’s simply against the law
Good to go, netbooks are a portable alternative to full-sized notebooks. They don’t replace, they accompany. (Source: Techlivez) There’s a simple rule in the computer, and other, industries—sell-through trumps sell-in. Companies that brag about having ...