Other Resources
The Tech Museum of Innovation (“The Tech”)
In downtown San Jose, California, The Tech includes an IMAX theater and three floors of hands-on exhibits, demonstrations, and explanations. Good fun even for nontechnical visitors, and nirvana for nerds.
Computer History Museum
This Silicon Valley–based museum has created an engaging history of computers and semiconductor development, and it is filled with many donated pieces of rare equipment.
Sematech Online Dictionary
A convenient online guide to technical terminology.
www.sematech.org/public/publications/dict/index.htm
Electronic Design & Technology News Online Encyclopedia
A convenient online guide to technical terminology.
Microprocessor Report
This is a subscriber-supported (i.e., no advertising) newsletter published every week, covering news and developments in the high-end microprocessor business.
Dynamic Silicon
This monthly newsletter covers MEMS, reconfigurable logic, and other nontraditional uses of silicon technology.
Electronic Engineering Times
This weekly tabloid is effectively the newspaper of the electronics industry.