Domestic Policy

America’s lead in advanced computing is almost gone

Part 2: Semiconductor Manufacturing

Abstract In Part 1, we focused on the decline in U.S. leadership across multiple dimensions of advanced computing.  It’s well understood that progress in these systems is intimately dependent upon advances in the underlying hardware, and specifically the processor (CPU), graphics (GPU), and ASIC accelerators.  In Part 2, we focus on the design of semiconductor […]

Ticketmaster, Taylor, and the Takedown of the Modern Monopoly?

On Tuesday, November 15, 2022, entertainment giant Ticketmaster began to sell tickets for Taylor Swift’s tour, but their lack of preparedness led to long wait lines, system crashes, and legislators calling for an overhaul of the ever-powerful oligopoly. While monopolies have a long history in the United States, their power has undoubtedly evolved beyond the […]