Word: silicon
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...couldn't afford computers before are buying them - and as prices come down, that's just going to continue. We developed a whole new product line for this, we didn't take an old product and strip it down, we built this from the ground up using our best silicon technology, designed for cost and power, and to give us decent margins at these low price points. So that whole trend has been great for us, and I don't see it abating, particularly if we have a difficult economy next year...
...this isn't your kids' social network. While Facebook became the darling of Silicon Valley in June 2007 when it created a completely open platform for developers - who quickly launched hundreds of thousands of applications - LinkedIn's plan is to carefully and slowly vet everything that goes onto its platform. "We don't want zombies and werewolves and all that," said Reid Hoffman, the brilliant entrepreneur who founded LinkedIn in May 2003, during a particularly bleak part of the dotcom meltdown. He told me that if his social network offered 60 applications a year from now, "we'd be very...
...Black silicon is essentially a new photonic material,” Saylor said. “Everyone who looks at our technology is very excited about the potential it has in solar power generation...
Given the breadth of products that black silicon could be used for, Mazur said, it’s evident that semiconductors have wide commercial applications...
Waters pointed out that although she did not know the specifics of Podolny’s conversations with Apple, she could see one appeal of working for the Silicon Valley-based firm...