Inhaltsangabe1 A CALCULATING RISK Inventing the First Microprocessors.- Busicom and Intel.- Hoff Makes his Case.- Faggin Ascendent.- The 4000 Family.- Finding a Market.- The 8080.- Giving Credit.- 2 A REVOLUTION IN MINIATURE The Importance of the Microprocessor.- The Pervasiveness of the Microprocessor.- 3 FIRE, WATER, EARTH AND AIR Fabricating the Microprocessor.- Crystals.- The Blueprint of a Revolution.- The Swinging Gate.- Going Flat.- A World Apart.- Layers of Meaning.- Shedding Light.- Picking the Winners.- Legging it Out.- Final Exam.- 4 THE CITIES OF THE PLANAR How the Microprocessor Works.- Touring the Silicon City.- The Silicon Metronome.- Counting Bits.- Exchanging Notes.- Simple Minds.- Making Sense.- Taking Control.- Getting Help.- Going Green.- Relating to a Noisy World.- A Story of People.- 5 HISTORY I: BEGINNINGS The First Decade.- Making the Cut.- 6 HISTORY II: THE PC ERA The Second Decade.- Abiding by the Law.- Off the Beaten Path.- An Unexpected Threat.- Spinning out Threads.- 7 HISTORY III: BREAK-OUT The Third Decade.- A Forgotten Player Returns.- A Peripheral Revolution.- Blue Chips.- Courting the Microprocessor.- An Inside Game.- Taking Stock.- A Bitter Bug.- Order in the Court.- Towards the Millenium.- 8 THE FUTURE: DREAMS OF LIGHT The Microprocessor in the 21st Century.- Substrate.- Other Substrates.- Production.- Software.- The Burden of the Past.- Green Thoughts.- Architecture.- Organization.- Beyond Semiconductors.- Footnotes.