Reading up on Sony
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- How Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki Is Overhauling the Company He Grew Up In - WSJ
Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki is reshifting the conglomerate from hardware to entertainment by offloading TVs, partnering with TSMC on sensors, and leveraging film and music hits.
- How Honda’s Pledge to Go All-Electric Unraveled
Honda's aggressive push to sell only electric vehicles by 2040 backfired when demand slowed, leading to its first-ever annual loss and internal calls for CEO Toshihiro Mibe to resign.
- PlayStation Architecture
The piece details the PlayStation's hardware architecture, including its MIPS R3000A CPU, custom chips, and the design trade-offs that shaped its distinctive 3D capabilities.
- Modern Walkmans
Modern cassette players from brands like FiiO and Toshiba offer Bluetooth, USB power, and retro design, relying on a single remaining factory for their internal mechanisms.