Weekly Recommended Reading [202530] Wang Bo’s “A Brief History of Chips”

2025 “National Administration Youth” Micro-publication Issue 159

(Total Issue 2458)

Weekly Recommended Reading [202530]

Wang Bo’s “A Brief History of Chips”

Author Biography

Wang Bo graduated from the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Lyon, France (Master’s in Integrated Circuits) and Limoges University (PhD in High-Frequency Microelectronics). He is currently an assistant professor at the School of Information Engineering, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, mainly engaged in integrated circuit design and teaching. His representative works include “The Question of Time” and “A Brief History of Chips”. Wang Bo has participated in projects with STMicroelectronics, Agilent, and EU research projects, and has worked at Huawei and the XLIM laboratory of the French National Center for Scientific Research.

Recommendation

The chip is the core and cornerstone of electronic information technology and industry, and chip technology has become the pinnacle of modern scientific and technological development. “A Brief History of Chips: How Chips Were Born and Changed the World” systematically traces the development of chips since the mid-20th century, revealing their scientific foundations from quantum mechanics theory to the invention of the transistor. Through the perspective of technological evolution and human narrative, it recreates the technological breakthroughs of research groups such as the Shockley team and the “traitorous eight”, showcasing the interaction between individuals and the era in scientific exploration.

Recommender | Wang Qi (Asset Department)

Editor | Chang Hanchao

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