The semiconductor market is a lumpy business. Big investments, fabs, Chip teams all chasing new opportunities created by Moore’s law – 2x every other year perf or ½ power – choose wisely.

Fickle consumers buy the shiny new pet rock (Peletreon, Starliner), while leaders focus on the prize and create value – AI moving to the wedge.

Connected and Smarter devices far outnumber people.
Help us see the prize Malcolm

Let’s wait until the BoD strategic mtg that is happening in mid September and the resulting plan In fact, a US Gov’t representative should be in that meeting to hear all sides and how they final recommendation was made. With US Gov’t funding so many $s for Intel’s future, the US Gov’t is similar to a VC. A VC would DEMAND to be that meeting or pull their funding.

The stylus pressure required to prevent skipping was enormous and seemed likely to remove all high frequencies from the vinyl in a few plays.

The part that grabbed my attention, though, was the vibrating reed inverter used to generate the HT for the valves. (These were the days before EMC.)

In reply to Dr Bob

Ha Ha Dr Bob, Yes this has the fingerprints of the mathematically challenged Di all over it.

“Even more puzzling is that 10 million pensioners will have their winter fuel allowance removed to save £1.4 billion to the Black Hole is small beer. The lost £1.6 billion is more than a few small beers. Do I detect the work of the Abbott?”