All investors need know about chips

All investors need know about chips
Chips are everywhere in your life. (Image: Depositphotos)
Semiconductors…Put on your white coat and protective spectacles; we're going for a ride. It’s going to be rough and ready, as BusinessDesk gives me only 1,000 words. HistoryThe reason we started making chips was that the US Government was dropping so many bombs on Vietnam during the war there but very few of them were hitting their targets and they needed to improve that. Enter William Shockley (Shockley Semiconductors), who was so bad at managing people that a group called the "traitorous eight" left to join Fai...

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