resurrection
Assessing vinyl’s resurrection: Differentiation, optimization, and demand maximization
As long-time readers may already realize from my repeat case study coverage of the topic, one aspect of the tech industry that I find particularly interesting is how suppliers react to the inevitable maturation of a given technology. Seeing all the cool new stuff get launched each year—and forecasting whether any of it will get…
Firmware-upgrade functional defection and resurrection
My first job out of college was with Intel, in the company’s nonvolatile memory division. After an initial couple of years dabbling with specialty EPROMs, I was the first member from that group to move over to the then-embryonic flash memory team to launch the company’s first BootBlock storage device, the 28F001BX. Your part number…
UPS resurrection: Thriftiness strikes again
By the time you read this, sometime in May, Lent will be over. As I’m writing it in late March, Lent’s ~half over. I’m splitting the difference and going with an Easter theme for this piece. Back in February 2012, I bought a CyberPower CP825AVRG, one of several UPSs (uninterruptable power supplies) currently inhabiting my…