Screen LibraryCompeting for the future：how digital innovations are changing the world
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge |
| Publication Dates: | 2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxi, 399 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
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9780521862905 0521862906 |
| Index Number: | T |
| CLC: | T-19 |
| Call Number: | T-19/K924 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. pt 1. The technology - how electronic devices work - digital systems and software. -- Genesis: inventing electronics for the digital world -- Building digital systems -- pt 2. Innovators, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. -- Edison's legacy: industrial R&D -- R&D goes global -- Financing innovation: venture capital -- pt 3. Global reach, global repercussions. -- Manufacturing: globalizing faster than ever -- Your government is here to help -- The digital world: industries transformed -- The digital world: a global village -- Appendix 1.1: Smaller, faster, more efficient MOSFETs -- Appendix 1.2: Building multi-transistor logic gates -- Appendix 1.3: MOSFETs in memory devices -- Appendix 1.4: CMOS reduces logic gate power dissipation -- Appendix 1.5: Laser diode basics -- Appendix 1.6: Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) -- Appendix 1.7: Photodetectors -- Appendix 1.8: Making fiber optic cables -- Appendix 1.9: Principles of LCD displays -- Appendix 2.1: The demise of analog computers -- Appendix 2.2: IP, TCP, and the Internet -- Appendix 2.3: Building an object-oriented program. |