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Computer chips control nearly every aspect of our daily lives: our bank accounts, our businesses, our governments, even our cars. Imagine if those chips were flawed.
When rumors appear regarding the integrity of chip technology, the very foundation of the digital world — the Internet, global communications, commerce and defense systems — is threatened.
A young scientist, expert in semiconductor materials, has been secretly working on an alternative to computer chips. He accepts a position at a prestigious Boston university and meets and falls in love with a beautiful, yet controlling, young woman.
The stress caused by their relationship and subsequent marriage collide with his work when he stumbles upon an aberrant behavior in semiconductor substrates that may be the cause of the rumors. That such a problem could exist is absurd.
As the world slides backwards, he rushes to develop his alternative to chips while having to fight errant bloggers and journalists, maverick federal agents and a semiconductor cartel — all of whom threaten his family, his life, his faith in God — to perfect a breakthrough technology that will protect modern life. Can the world survive without computers? The answer lies in the thrilling, fast-paced conclusion.
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When rumors appear regarding the integrity of chip technology, the very foundation of the digital world — the Internet, global communications, commerce and defense systems — is threatened.
A young scientist, expert in semiconductor materials, has been secretly working on an alternative to computer chips. He accepts a position at a prestigious Boston university and meets and falls in love with a beautiful, yet controlling, young woman.
The stress caused by their relationship and subsequent marriage collide with his work when he stumbles upon an aberrant behavior in semiconductor substrates that may be the cause of the rumors. That such a problem could exist is absurd.
As the world slides backwards, he rushes to develop his alternative to chips while having to fight errant bloggers and journalists, maverick federal agents and a semiconductor cartel — all of whom threaten his family, his life, his faith in God — to perfect a breakthrough technology that will protect modern life. Can the world survive without computers? The answer lies in the thrilling, fast-paced conclusion.
T. D. Holt began his professional life working with semiconductors in the early days of Silicon Valley. Patent holder of Internet technologies, founder of web-technology pioneer SurfWax Inc, and founder of VORT Corporation—publisher of child-development materials, "The Life We Have" is his sixth novel.
Contact: tomdholt [at] gmail.com