Why semiconductor companies need to move away from the smaller, faster, cheaper mantra.
-Thu, 03/06/08
In the 1960's Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, made the lofty statement that semiconductor companies would continue to double the number of transistors they could fit on a chip every 2 years. Now known as Moore's Law, this phenomenon has held eerily true for decades. It was also the main driver behind the growth in the semiconductor industry. Semiconductor behemoths like AMD and Intel have been in a relentless race to continue making their products smaller, faster and cheaper. Year after year.
Blockbuster is trying to offer videos on cell phones, is it too little too late?
-Thu, 11/29/07
According to Reuters, Blockbuster is trying to form partnerships with all the major handset manufacturers to develop better ways of offering videos on cell phones. James Keyes, Blockbuster’s CEO, would pretty much try anything at this point to save the ailing brick and mortar stores that used to make up the heart of Blockbuster’s business. Everybody knows that few people are walking to the store to rent videos when they can get on-demand movies, download video from the Internet, or just watch free entertainment on YouTube. So clearly if Blockbuster wants to survive, it needs to move into some new outlets, but I think Keyes’ attempts are a little misplaced and will just be too little too late, here’s why.
