|
 |
Multi-Core Processor |
|
| The race for computer power and speed has been underway since World War II. It accelerated tremendously in 1971, with Intel’s introduction of the first microprocessor. Soon afterward, one of Intel’s founders, Gordon Moore, observed that price-performance was doubling every 18 months, and that trend became known as Moore’s Law. |
|
|
 |
Chokepoints: America |
|
| | Edward Fishman |
| ǻ | Portfolio |
|
 |
The Patent Epidemic |
|
| Back in 2001, something strange happened in the world of patent law. Microsoft, which had been fighting a lawsuit by Priceline, suddenly gave up. The suit, filed in late 1999, claimed that Priceline had patented its “name your own price” auction strategy, and that no one else could use it without a license from the company. Microsoft had been using a similar strategy on its Expedia travel site and had been arguing in U.S. District Court in Connecticut that the auction method was too obvious to be patented. |
|
|
 |
미국 우선주의의 칼날 |
|
| 도널드 트럼프 대통령은 "Liberation Day"라는 이름으로 역사적 선언을 감행했다. 모든 수입품에 대해 10%의 보편관세를 부과하고, 특정 국가에 대해서는 최대 50%에 달하는 고율 관세를 적용하겠다는 조치였다. 그 근거는 ‘국가비상경제권법(IEEPA)’. 원래는 테러나 군사적 위협에 대응하는 법이지만, 트럼프는 이를 미국의 무역적자가 국가 안보를 해친다는 이유로 전용했다. |
|
|
 |
The "Population Expl |
|
| During the 1970s, humanity was three decades removed from the last World War, and modern medicine seemed capable of conquering one killer disease after another. The world’s birth rates and fertility rates continued their upward climb, as they had for the past seven centuries. Projecting the growth in the population, experts at the time warned of an unavoidable disaster. |
|
|