by Jeffrey Cooper | Aug 30, 2026 | AI, Business, Economy, Robots, Semiconductors, Technology
The process of technological innovation is accelerating. McKinsey estimates that AI could add $13 trillion to global economic activity by 2030. More than $3 trillion has been committed off balance sheet by nine leading technology companies, much of it...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Aug 18, 2026 | AI, Business, Economy, Semiconductors, Technology
The scale of investment in artificial intelligence is extraordinary. According to a recent Wall Street Journal analysis, nine of the world’s leading technology companies have accumulated more than $3 trillion in off-balance-sheet commitments, much of it...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Aug 9, 2026 | Business, Robots, Semiconductors, Technology
When Elon Musk first described Terafab, the scale was difficult to comprehend. A semiconductor manufacturing complex potentially exceeding 100 million square feet, eventually representing as much as $119 billion in investment. With Elon Musk, however, even the most...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Jul 28, 2026 | AI, My book, Robots, Semiconductors, Technology
“A rare sci-fi novel that kept me glued to its pages from the beginning to the end.” — Olga Markova, Readers’ Favorite ★★★★★ For more than thirty years, I worked in advanced technology, watching artificial intelligence evolve from an academic...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Jul 13, 2026 | Business, Semiconductors, Technology
Tesla is building competitive advantage by recruiting the people who know how to convert advanced chip designs into high-volume manufacturing capacity, bringing semiconductor production expertise inside the company. Tesla hired Gary Jiang. After 17 years at Intel,...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Jun 28, 2026 | Business, Semiconductors, Technology
Executive Summary: Apple’s reported decision to manufacture chips with Intel suggests Intel Foundry is beginning to earn the industry’s most valuable asset: customer trust. For the past several years, Intel’s turnaround has been measured in process nodes, factory...
