I wonder if the author has been to Israel and interacted with technologists and VCs there. Technion (and some other universities such as Hebrew U. and Tel Aviv

I wonder if the author has been to Israel and interacted with technologists and VCs there. Technion (and some other universities such as Hebrew U. and Tel Aviv U) is the "Stanford" equivalent and in fact Technion along with Cornell is partnered to be part of an new technical university in NYC. While the Intel materials science ("die shrink" -- "tic") technology is US developed, the architecture development "toc" is done in Israel. Intel in Israel employs about 8,000 people. It includes those in two design centers and Fab 28, the 22nm fab (current die shrink) in Israel. Microsoft, Google, Cisco, Marvell, Apple, Qualcomm, Broadcom, IBM and many other recognizable technology names have built or purchased many subsidiaries in Israel.