Reflecting on 2024: A Year in Review of the Asianometry Channel
0:16 Reflecting on 2024: The content creator reflects on the past year and the state of the channel, highlighting some of his favorite videos and topics.
0:31 Favorite Video: The story of the Nisei interpreters during World War II, particularly the story of Terry Doi at Iwo Jima.
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1:30 Fourth Favorite: A video about how a CVD diamond is made, featuring a visit to a startup company in Taiwan.
1:56 Fifth Favorite: A video on RF filters and their role in the success of Avago (now Broadcom), with thanks to an anonymous viewer for their help.
2:14 Research: The content creator emphasizes the importance of augmenting research with conversations with experts, researchers, and historical participants.
2:43 Preserving Knowledge: He expresses concern about unique life experiences and knowledge vanishing and aims to use the channel to preserve them.
3:15 Channel Growth: In 2024, the channel gathered 26 million views and surpassed 100 million lifetime views.
3:50 Travels: The content creator traveled to Japan, the United States, Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom, with a highlight being the visit to the ASML campus.
4:42 Number 1: "Why is Japan so weak in software?" - a challenging but fascinating topic suggested by a friend.
5:15 Number 2: "The rise and fall of the Cray supercomputer" - inspired by a visit to the Computer History Museum.
5:57 Number 3: "The birth, boom, and bust of the hard disk drive" - a personal reflection on the evolution of HDDs.
6:36 Underperforming Videos: The video on the IBM PC and profiles of semiconductor companies like LSI Logic and ST Microelectronics did not perform as expected.
7:29 Quantum Sensing: The content creator was disappointed with the performance of the quantum sensing video, believing the topic of nitrogen-vacancy diamonds deserves more attention.
7:45 Meetings: The content creator highlights enjoyable conversations with a systems engineer at Rocket Lab, an Nvidia engineer working in Vision AI, students from Yale, and various members of the semiconductor industry.
8:41 Future Plans: For 2025, the content creator plans to continue covering chips and semiconductors but also aims to diversify topics to stay fresh and happy.
9:34 Channel Challenges: Running the channel is described as exhausting, with pressure to constantly post new content.
9:58 Love for the Channel: Despite the challenges, the content creator expresses that working on the channel is a privilege and looks forward to creating more content in 2025.