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Logistical Histories of Computing (2024)

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How does the global supply chain matter to the history of computing? It seems clear that it does matter—after all, the iPhone achieved its market dominance in part because of Apple's world-leading supply chain. More recently, a global semiconductor shortage has stymied production of everything from Volkswagens to Xboxes. And of course, the systems organizing the sourcing, production, and distribution for nearly all of our products are designed and delivered by computer [29].

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Authors & Contributors
Laws, David A.
Bevan, Andrew
Cao, Wei
Choi, Hyungsub
Dommann, Monika
Ejarque, Ana
Journals
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Antiquity
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
化学史研究 [Kagakushi kenkyū; Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry]
Technikgeschichte: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technik und Industrie
Technology and Culture
Publishers
Duke University Press
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Fischer
Johns Hopkins University
MIT Press
Vuibert
Concepts
Supply networks; logistics; supply chain economics
Globalization; internationalization
Semiconductors
Logistics
Computers and computing
Electronics industry
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
19th century
Ancient
Qin dynasty (China, 221-207 B.C.)
Places
United States
Japan
Brazil
Rome (Italy)
China
France
Institutions
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC)
ASML (firm)
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