The ultimate coffee table book for your castle of solitude ships beginning May this year.
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Arena has announced its first book, which is simply called Silicon . Best known for its magazine, which celebrates American ingenuity in business, technology, and civilization, Arena’s stylish and premium “coffee table book like no other” is up for pre-order now. Silicon is priced at $99, including tax and free shipping in the U.S. and Canada. Expect it to make a five-pound impression on your doormat in May.
Announcing our first book: SiliconA beautiful coffee table book about the world of transistors, chips, and the greatest technology revolution of all time.384 pages. Almost five pounds. Preorders open now, shipping in May: https://t.co/IlOEZHHWin pic.twitter.com/bkzIl9ZcYY March 18, 2026
Silicon is described by Arena, not as a dense scientific technical work, but as “an art book and anthology.” In other words, it isn’t only for semiconductor wizards like Anton Shilov . I think it will also appeal to pea-brained folk like myself, or anyone else who appreciates the visual appeal of technology, enhanced by the book’s great presentation and print quality.
On the topic of physical quality, Arena boasts that Silicon has a “special foil stamped cover, a genuine thread binding, and 384 pages of European archival paper.” The shimmering light-diffracting cover particularly hits the coffee table segment right in the bullseye.
You may like Intel shows off leading-edge tech with massive AI processor test vehicle Tom's Hardware CES 2026 Best In Show: Innovating amidst the RAM and storage apocalypse Ambitious semiconductor enthusiast builds DIY 'class 100 cleanroom' in his garden shed As an anthology, readers get 10 independent chapters to absorb. The prose is liberally punctuated with “hundreds of full-page photographs of computer chips from the last 50 years,” explains the pre-order website. So, you can dip into Silicon willy-nilly for any of the 10 self-contained segments. Might we suggest some matching bookmarks ?
The first chapter is called Teaching Sand to Think and was penned by Dylan Patel & Jeff Koch. You may have seen Patel mentioned on Tom’s Hardware from time to time, due to the SemiAnalysis semiconductor industry insights and reports he often shares. Other chapters cover subjects such as Moore’s Law , ASML’s Throne, the Nvidia Factor, and more.
Silicon chapters Teaching Sand to Think Dylan Patel & Jeff Koch
Key considerations
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Reference reading
- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/silicon-is-a-new-five-pound-art-book-charting-the-semiconductor-revolution-with-full-page-die-shots-and-commentary-384-page-tome-is-usd99-to-pre-order-now#main
- https://www.tomshardware.com
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