Competing for the future : how digital innovations are changing the world /
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| Author / Creator: | Kressel, Henry. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007. |
| Description: | xxi, 399 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6416464 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. The technology - how electronic devices work - digital systems and software
- 1. Genesis: Inventing electronics for the digital world
- 2. Building digital systems
- Part II. Innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists
- 3. Edison's legacy: Industrial R&D
- 4. R&D goes global
- 5. Financing innovation: Venture capital
- Part III. Global reach, global repercussions
- 6. Manufacturing: Globalizing faster than ever
- 7. Your government is here to help
- 8. The digital world: Industries transformed
- 9. The digital world: A global village
- Appendix 1.1. Smaller, faster, more efficient MOSFETs
- Appendix 1.2. Building multi-transistor logic gates
- Appendix 1.3. MOSFETs in memory devices
- Appendix 1.4. CMOS reduces logic gate power dissipation
- Appendix 1.5. Laser diode basics
- Appendix 1.6. Light-emitting diodes (LEDs)
- Appendix 1.7. Photodetectors
- Appendix 1.8. Making fiber optic cables
- Appendix 1.9. Principles of LCD displays
- Appendix 2.1. The demise of analog computers
- Appendix 2.2. IP, TCP, and the Internet
- Appendix 2.3. Building an object-oriented program
- Index