An ambitious, would-be programmer at a Silicon Valley research lab, Andy Caspar is given the task of designing a computer that can sell for $300, but just as Andy and his fellow Ironmen are on the verge of success, their careers are jeopardized by other interests
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Po Bronson is a feature writer for Wired.
Po Bronson is a feature writer for <b>Wired</b> and has written about high-tech culture for <b>The New York Times Magazine</b> and <b>Forbes ASAP</b>. He received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and a B.A. in economics from Stanford. His first novel, <b>Bombardiers</b>, was translated into ten languages and became an international bestseller. He grew up in Seattle and lives in San Francisco.
led the literary establishment in March, 1995 with <b>Bombardiers</b>, a stunning debut novel that skewered greedy Wall Street bond traders and satirized the inner workings of high finance, readers were scrambling to buy futures on Po Bronson's career.<br><br>Now, Bronson unleashes his talent (and fury) on Silicon Valley and rips the top off the computer industry, tracking the routes of power, exposing the crisscrossed wiring, and poking fun at its obsolete components.<br><br>Lloyd Acheson's firm, Omega Logic, needs a next-generation chip to keep its stock price propped up. Hank Menzinger squandered his research lab's cash reserves in a failed IPO and needs Omega Logic's support to save his institution. But master chip designer Francis Benoit's last chip for Omega was dumbed-down by software, and he's vowed to never let it happen again.<br><br>New at the research lab is Andy Caspar, a young engineer who dreams of becoming a legendary "ironman" -- one of the handful of
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