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Whenever I fly to or from San Francisco, I like to snoop on people in first class as I shuffle back to my coach seat. What gadgets are they using? What are they reading? (And, maybe, are there any confidential documents on their laptop screens? Shh.) On Sunday, as I flew back to New York from a West Coast visit, one gentleman was about halfway through âChip Warâ by Chris Miller, a well-reviewed 2022 book about the history of semiconductors that is now popular with the tech and business set. The book choice.
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