Gordon Moore himself wrote a couple of essays looking into the future computing. He could predict portable communications devices, but I think even he was shocked by the iPhone when it first emerged 50 years later. The wavelength of visible light has gotten far too broad to actually carve transistors in the way that we want. And so today there's just one company that is capable of producing the machines that are capable of providing this light at the scale and with the precision necessary.
Today we’re bringing you an episode on chips. No, not potato chips. Kevin has been pitching an episode on the truly fascinating world of chips and semiconductors for quite a while, but our friends at the The Ezra Klein Show got to it first. This week on Hard Fork: Ezra Klein’s engrossing conversation with historian Chris Miller. It’s a must listen. Thank you to Ezra for beating us in our quest for a great chips episode.
We'll be back with our regularly scheduled tech coverage, with Kevin and Casey next week.
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