In a 2005 oral history with the Chemical Heritage Foundation, outgoing Intel CEO Craig Barrett said about concerns about Paul Otellini not being a technical CEO

Remembering back to the days when Intel inspired this kind of fear, whilst reading Tae Kim’s excellent new Nvidia book

Came across this news story about a semiconductor fab in Malaysia suffering a headless ghost attack, which necessitated the summoning of a witch doctor, a goat sacrifice, and a feast. (Alberni Valley Times, June 1976)

Charlie Sporck writes in his memoirs about a 1981-82 meeting between the Americans and Japanese semi folks. During the meeting, one Japanese executive called US firms "boutique", leading the legendary Bob Noyce to shout back and forth with an NEC exec about Japanese subsidies for semiconductors.

A rare magazine ad from TSMC. Published by Forbes in the late 1990s.