Intel Falling Due to PC and Mobile Waves
News of Intel falling has been drawing traction. This is the company that started the chain reaction in forming Silicon Valley. It’s America’s High-tech icon. Despite initiatives, the USA has…
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Taiwan’s Semiconductor Monopoly – How did it arise?
More than sixty percent of global Foundry output is from Taiwan. Besides, TSMC alone has a 54 percent global Foundry market share. These two numbers are good enough to show…
Semiconductor Monopoly Due to Winning Race of Ideas
What has caused a semiconductor monopoly? Often, we think that government license, ownership of resources, political decision, vertical integration, invention patent, and collusion are factors for creating a monopoly. But…
Innovation Evolution Leading to Revolution
LED light bulb is a revolution in the lighting industry. In the past, incandescent and CFL bulbs also brought revolutions. Similarly, digital camera, iPod, electric vehicle, word processor software, personal…
Innovation S-curve – episodic evolution
Innovation S-curve refers to the formation and growth of innovations reaching maturity through a non-linear S-curve life cycle. Like human beings, upon birth, innovations keep evolving through stages. The evolution…
Technology S-curve – oversimplified misleading model
Did LED, Fuel-Cell, Multitouch, Steam engine, electronic image sensor, and many other technologies follow S-curve like typical lifecycle model? If yes, why did many technologically sound companies fail and tiny…
Innovation Drivers — empathy, creativity, science, and competition
Due to Innovation, we fly and drive as opposed to walking. Startups have become large corporations, and mega-firms disappeared because of it. Due to innovation, silicon-bearing sand powers medical imaging,…
Scale up startups – crafting systematic path
How to scale up Startups is a daunting challenge. The growth of startups into mega-corporations like Apple, Sony, Microsoft, GE, Amazon, Google, or Intel is the inspiration for entrepreneurs. Invariably,…
Disruptive Technology – scalable reinvention core
Disruptive keyword and its variations, like disruptive innovations, Disruptive technologies, disruptors, and Disruptive innovation strategy, have become catchphrases. Due to the ease of use of digital technologies to recreate many…
Disruptive Innovation Strategy – systematic, sustained move
Harvard business school (HBS) has been teaching disruptive strategy for decades. Their professor Clayton Christenson is a Disruptive Innovation pundit. Are those evangelizations not good enough in creating and succeeding…
Technology Transfer – seed for idea producer
Starting from the graphical user interface to multitouch, Apple did not invent many critical technologies in creating its remarkable Innovation success. Similarly, Sony did not invent Transistor or Electronic Image…
Apple’s Innovation Strategy – creating and monopolizing
Of course, Steve Jobs’ empathy and creativity triggered Apple’s Innovation flywheel. But is it good enough to keep building momentum after his long, eternal departure? Apple’s business success of generating…