{"product_id":"100-utilization-andrew-lison-9780262051361","title":"100% Utilization: Computation and Labor After Moore's Law","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging analysis of how the material limits to discrete, silicon-based computing power impact employment and automation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the end of the Second World War, we have come to expect continual growth in computing power and the rapid development of digital technology. This dynamic has enabled informational procedures to supplant an ever-increasing range of human and mechanical activity. However, indications that the semiconductor industry is approaching the physical limits of integrated circuitry pose an existential challenge to Intel Corporation cofounder Gordon Moore's \"law,\" which prescribes an exponential increase in microchip density--and, by extension, processing performance--every two years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePlacing theories of employment in dialectical conjunction with the concrete operations of computing, \u003ci\u003e100% Utilization\u003c\/i\u003e explores the consequences of pushing processing power to its limits for a culture seemingly reliant on automation as much as human labor. In accounting for this contradiction, Andrew Lison offers a corrective to theories of digital mediation emphasizing its symbolic and representational capabilities. He connects the looming end of Moore's law to trends in semiconductor manufacturing, custom hardware, and parallelized software techniques, including AI. Ultimately, he traces this historical technological boom and impending bust through the racialized history of Silicon Valley to longer-term conceptions of the relationship between machinery and labor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Lison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262051362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262051361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Andrew Lison","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48217854181631,"sku":"9780262051361","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67df9d4f-e109-416c-b645-e74eceb68a67.jpg?v=1771999878","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/100-utilization-andrew-lison-9780262051361","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}