There was once a company which aimed to exploit the simultaneous emergence of two complementary new technologies - silicon compilers and direct write e-beam machines.
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It would, it was envisaged, be a case of putting the net-list in one end and getting a chip out the other.
The company attracted some heavyweight investors including BAe and Philips.
But neither the compiler, not the direct writ e-beam machine, ever really worked properly.
MORAL: Getting one new technology to work is difficult - getting two to work is unlikely.
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