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David Rosenthal: evaluation

7 Sept 2021 Acquired TSMC

“I found some evidence on this. It’s unclear to me how much of this is Morris’s fault versus his successor, but while Morris was definitely responsible for making TI semiconductor a powerhouse, at some point towards either at the end of his tenure running it or under his successor, they totally dropped the ball, and this is when Silicon Valley in California takes over.”

— David Rosenthal

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David Rosenthal
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evaluation
Recorded
7 Sept 2021
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
TSMC

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…Is this when he says he was put out to pasture? Exactly, so that’s number two. Here’s number three. I found some evidence on this. It’s unclear to me how much of this is Morris’s fault versus his successor, but while Morris was definitely responsible for making TI semiconductor a powerhouse, at some point towards either at the end of his tenure running it or under his successor, they totally dropped the ball, and this is when Silicon Valley in California takes over. In the mid-70s, the semiconductor industry transitioned over to the metal oxide process, MOS. You ever heard about MOS semiconductors? Yeah, the precursor to CMOS.…

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