How did Taiwan, a former Japanese colony and the last fortress of the defeated Chinese Nationalists, ascend to such heights in high-tech manufacturing? In this book, Honghong Tinn tells the critical history of how hobbyists and enthusiasts in Taiwan, including engineers, technologists,...

"How did Taiwan, a former Japanese colony and the last fortress of the defeated Chinese Nationalists, ascend to such heights in high-tech manufacturing? In this book, Honghong Tinn tells the critical history of how hobbyists and enthusiasts in Taiwan, including engineers, technologists,...

Tracks the evolution of the international cellular industry from the late 1970s to the present. The development of the mobile-phone industry into what we know today required remarkable cooperation between companies, governments, and industrial sectors. Companies developing cellular...

The development of the mobile-phone industry into what we know today required remarkable cooperation between companies, governments, and industrial sectors. Companies developing cellular infrastructure, cellular devices, cellular network services, and eventually software and mobile...

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms -- Exchange Rate of Indian Rupee vis-à-vis U.S. Dollar (End-of-Year Rates) -- Introduction -- 1 India's First Computers -- 2 The Beginning of State Involvement -- 3 The Rise, Fall, and Rise of IBM -- 4 The Dawn of the Computer Age in...

Introduction -- Industry origins -- Constructing expertise : Arthur Andersen, Diebold, and Canning-Sisson, 1953-1964 -- Processing data : IBM-SBC and automatic data processing, 1953-1964 -- Programming machines : computer usage, C-E-I-R, and computer sciences, 1955-1967 -- Integrating systems :...

India's first computers -- The beginning of state involvement -- The rise, fall, and rise of IBM -- The dawn of the computer age in India -- Discovering a new continent -- Software dreams take flight -- The transition to offshore -- Turning geography into history -- Conclusion: the making of a...