# Hardware ## Books * [Modern Microprocessors: A 90-Minute Guide!](http://www.lighterra.com/papers/modernmicroprocessors) by *Jason Robert Carey Patterson* * [Processor Design: An Introduction](http://www.gamezero.com/team-0/articles/math_magic/micro) * ASML is the most important company you've never heard of. The $300B+ Dutch firm makes the machines that make semiconductors. Each one costs $150m and access to them are a huge geopolitical flashpoint. *