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>> one of the things that was really hard about making a computer was now on a chip. so all of a sudden, people who had a thirst for this stuff could go out and buy a computer, you could make them yourself. >> there was a lot of this revolutionary theme with a lot of the technical people in it, changes in technology and how we were part of it even though in our companies we were the fringe element. we are not the managers and leaders but boy, just a clever design on its own had value. >> you have these guys like steve jobs and steve wozniak and bill gates and paul allen who had been messing ar...

Japanese chemicals supplier Showa Denko KK expects to further raise prices after a dozen hikes this year amid economic headwinds for the semiconductor industry.

U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo urged lawmakers to quickly approve the $52 billion in funding for chipmakers as multiple companies have stalled their expansion plans in the country.

The simple way to think about it is all it means is inflation is rising faster than economic growth. so for example, the first quarter inflation was up about 8%. and actually, g.d.p. fell for special factors, but that's not going to change much. so, being g.d.p. in the second quarter might be up 2%. inflation rate up 7, 8% or it could be worse. that's your stagflation. and to get out of that is very difficult, and i'm not sure it going to end happily as i've said several times and i want to point out i know you are not a stock market show, but the stock market has been doing very badly, ok, do...

The global shutdown over COVID-19 affected every aspect of the world economy and those reverberations will be felt for years to come in the way of shortages and delays. And in no industry is this [...]