High Income Jobs–Leverage Technology Possibilities
Of course, medicine and law are the top two high income jobs. But how do we create more of them? Indeed, we do not encourage more diseases and disputes to…
Industrial Revolutions
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Semiconductor Lithography Economics–fuelling Moore’s law and market power
The rise of the rudimentary microscope that an American firm GCA invented in 1961 to ASML’s $250 million complex machine is a surprise. Its uprising has fueled monopoly in the…
Moore’s Law is Dead–Chiplet redefines semiconductor industry
Moore’s law is dead sounds death of a king. By the way, why should we be concerned with this? The Economics of cramming more components onto an integrated circuit gave…
Chiplet–for IDMs’ winning, survival or death?
Upon losing the process node battle to the foundry leader TSMC, IDMs like Intel, AMD and others are after Chiplet. Does it sound unfair? Or, is Chiplet a new technology…
ASML–growing pearl gets caught in Chip War
ASML is a Dutch company headquartered in Veldhoven, Netherlands. Despite its birth in a wooden hut surrounded by 31 employees in 1984, ASML has risen as the most valued European…
5G Benefits–what are for less developed countries?
It has cost $20 billion for South Korea to upgrade infrastructure to offer 5G benefits to 45 percent of the 52 million population, spread over 100,210 sq km. Yes, such…
Semiconductor Industry Waves
To regain the edge in the global semiconductor industry, the USA has come up with a $52 billion rescue package. Despite being a major human capital supplier, India has a…
Self-learning Ability to Cope with Changing Skill Demand
Skills for the future and future of work are fraught with pervasive uncertainties. According to World Economic Forum predictions made in 2020, by 2025, as high as 50 percent of…
Semiconductor Value Chain – globally distributed ecosystem
Global chip shortage affecting production was one of the top news in 2021–culminating in the Chip War. It has affected 200 downstream sectors ranging from smartphones to automobiles. Why does…
Job Polarization – technology shaping future of work
New digital-native companies have been relying on algorithms to supervise the operation. Their algorithmic self-servicing tools and real-time monitoring have been taking the middleman out of the equation. As automation, software…
Robots Taking Over Jobs – blessing for China?
There is no denying that robots are taking over jobs. For sure, 2.7 million robots, as of 2020, working factories around the world have taken over at least six times…
Skill Development Process – mastering innovation ability
The skill development process for Innovation is not limited to sharing Codified knowledge. We should aim at helping the learner to master their abilities with knowledge, thinking, and skills. It must influence…