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• P.A. Semi\\u2019s original moniker ("Palo Alto Semiconductor\\u201d) and its celebrity founder (in the semiconductor world) Dan Dobberpuhl\\n
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• History of the back and forth tradeoffs between Intel\\u2019s powerful x86 chips and low power alternatives like ARM processors\\xa0
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• Dobberpuhl\\u2019s technology breakthroughs throughout his career that enabled true low-power + high-performance chips
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• The initial target markets for P.A. Semi\\u2019s chips (surprise: NOT mobile phones)
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• P.A. Semi\\u2019s \\xa0first foray into a potential deal with Apple, dashed by Cupertino\\u2019s \\xa0surprise switch to Intel processors in 2005\\n
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• 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\\n
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• Geekbench: the single-core performance of Apple\\u2019s latest generation of smartphone processors (A10 Fusion) has \\xa0basically caught up with Intel\\u2019s laptop CPUs\\n
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• 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
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• \\n\\xa0Early versions of the technology that became TouchID, the sensors for which were many times larger than today\\u2019s iPhones themselves!
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• \\nAuthenTec \\u201cnot very Apple-like\\u201d website on Archive.org (and screenshot)
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• AuthenTec\\u2019s \\xa0deal that almost was to put their technology and sensors \\xa0into Samsung\\u2019s flagship phones\\xa0
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• \\n\\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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• \\nMerging of Alaska & Virgin America loyalty programs (woo!)
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• \\n\\xa0Walmart announces major reorg following the Jet acquisition
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• Snap Inc. IPO \\xa0drama is \\xa0mounting! (we can\\u2019t wait to cover this one)
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\\xa0 The Carve Out:\\xa0

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