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4+ YearsPublisher | WW Norton & Co |
ISBN 13 | 9780393057638 |
ISBN 10 | 393057631 |
Book Description | Thanks to the digital technology revolution, cameras are everywhere-PDAs, mobile phones, anywhere you can put an imaging chip and a lens. Battling to usurp the market is a Silicon Valley company, Foveon, whose technology not only produces a superior image but also may become the eye in artificially intelligent machines. Behind Foveon are two legendary figures who made the personal computer possible: Carver Mead of Caltech, one of the founding fathers of information technology, and Federico Faggin, inventor of the CPU-the chip that runs every computer. George Gilder has an insider's knowledge of Silicon Valley and the unpredictable mix of genius, drive and luck that can turn a start-up company into a world leader. The Silicon Eye focuses on some of the brightest-and most colourful-people on earth and their race to transform an industry. |
About the Author | George Gilder, the best-selling author of numerous books―including Telecosm, Microcosm, and The Spirit of Enterprise―also publishes the influential Gilder Technology Report. He lives in Tyringham, Massachusetts. |
Language | English |
Author | George Gilder |
Publication Date | 2005-04-17 |
Number of Pages | 320 pages |
The Silicon Eye: How a Silicon Valley Company Aims to Make All Current Computers, Cameras, And Cell Phones Obsolete