Techno Thriller
Date Published: 02-10-2023
Publisher: Open Books
Big things often have small beginnings.
As National Security Adviser to the President of the United States, Jane Stewart shepherds an act through congress to subsidize manufacturing of silicon chips on American soil.
Argon Zhi, an executive at one of the world’s best semiconductor foundries, accepts the responsibility to craft a plan for ensuring the competitiveness of Taiwan’s technology companies and ensure the continued independence of his country.
Cedric Dyson’s job as a Failure Analysis engineer is to figure out why some chips do not work the way they are supposed to. When he notices a pattern among the failing chips sent to his FA lab, he uncovers a shocking truth.
Jane, Argon and Cedric, each operating within their professional domains, make a series of decisions that lead to an international blame game which could escalate into an open conflict between the world’s powers.
Will a new silicon chip factory subsidized by the US government, an act of sabotage compromising a multi-billion dollar fab, and a Failure Analysis expert on the case lead the world to a brink of WWIII?
About the Author
Riko Radojcic was born in poor post-war Yugoslavia but enjoyed a very happy
and secure early childhood there. When he was twelve his father took a job
with the UN World Health Organization and Riko spent his teen years in East
Pakistan (now Bangladesh), Nigeria, Kenya and Tanzania, observing the demise
of the colonial Raj as well as some harsh Third World realities. He
completed high school in Swiss private schools — a polar opposite of the
Third World — which gave him a peek into the lives of the one-percenters.
He then moved to Manchester, UK, where he witnessed the bleak circumstances
of the working class in the heart of industrial England.
After working in the UK for several years, Riko immigrated to the US,
settling in San Diego. There he enjoyed a rewarding and a very stimulating
career in the semiconductor industry, working in a variety of technical,
managerial and business development roles. His professional life exposed him
not only to the amazing wonders of silicon chip technology, but also gave
him an opportunity to travel internationally and to interact with smart and
talented people from very diverse backgrounds. After 35 plus years in the
world of high tech and engineering management, Riko is now devoting his full
energies to writing as he tries to bring to life the magic of technology,
the realities of the high-tech industry, and some of his diverse life
experiences through storytelling.
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