Weekly Digest #71

Articles

The Semiconductor Ecosystem — Explained

1. Chip Intellectual Property (IP) Cores
2. Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Tools
3. Specialized Materials
4. Wafer Fab Equipment (WFE)
5. “Fabless” Chip Companies
6. Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs)
7. Chip Foundries
8. Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test (OSAT)

Worst practices are viral for the wrong reasons

Teams with the greatest technical debt mentor the most employees.

Poorly implemented libraries or programming languages generate more buzz.

Tips On Prioritizing Tech Debt In A Healthy Way

Keep one backlog and add any kind of work there

• Don’t treat tech dept as a separate backlog

Don’t make tech debt a blame game

• Playing the blame game takes our focus away from solving the issue at hand
• Blameless retrospectives and post mortems are the way to go