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Topics covered include:\xa0

• P.A. Semi\u2019s original moniker ("Palo Alto Semiconductor\u201d) and its celebrity founder (in the semiconductor world) Dan Dobberpuhl
• History of the back and forth tradeoffs between Intel\u2019s powerful x86 chips and low power alternatives like ARM processors\xa0
• Dobberpuhl\u2019s technology breakthroughs throughout his career that enabled true low-power + high-performance chips
• The initial target markets for P.A. Semi\u2019s chips (surprise: NOT mobile phones)
• P.A. Semi\u2019s \xa0first foray into a potential deal with Apple, dashed by Cupertino\u2019s \xa0surprise switch to Intel processors in 2005
• The rise of mobile finally creating the huge market need for low-power / high-performance, Apple\u2019s acquisition of P.A., and launch of the first Apple-designed chip, the \u201cA4\u201d, with the original iPad in 2010
• Geekbench: the single-core performance of Apple\u2019s latest generation of smartphone processors (A10 Fusion) has \xa0basically caught up with Intel\u2019s laptop CPUs
• AuthenTec\u2019s beginnings in the late 90\u2019s as a spinoff from the defense contractor Harris Corporation (named by Wired Magazine as the #2 threat to internet privacy in the US), based in Melbourne, Florida
• \xa0Early versions of the technology that became TouchID, the sensors for which were many times larger than today\u2019s iPhones themselves!
• AuthenTec \u201cnot very Apple-like\u201d website on Archive.org (and screenshot)
• AuthenTec\u2019s \xa0deal that almost was to put their technology and sensors \xa0into Samsung\u2019s flagship phones\xa0
• \xa0Apple\u2019s acquisition of AuthenTec for $356 million in July 2012, and the rapid introduction of TouchID in the iPhone 5S one year later in September 2013

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Statsig: https://bit.ly/acquiredstatsig24
Vanta: https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta

• Merging of Alaska & Virgin America loyalty programs (woo!)
• \xa0Walmart announces major reorg following the Jet acquisition
• Snap Inc. IPO \xa0drama is \xa0mounting! (we can\u2019t wait to cover this one)

\xa0 The Carve Out:\xa0

• Ben: Rands in Repose: The Situation
• David: Daily Rituals: How Artists Work