Building Leviathans
by Robbie Litchfield | - 11:45am
The Leviathan is a massive creature, a being we collectively summon into existence. Silicon wafers, ASICs, processors, the very phones in your pocket, are merely scales on its hide. Its power can create and destroy empires, cure the sick and the blind, bend imagination, and bring fantasy into reality.
This talk is about silicon supply chains: the global machinery that mines the earth, purifies crystal, etches with divine light, awakens to electric sheep, and releases power unto the world. Join me as we follow the technology that shapes our lives, and witness the building of our Leviathans.
(For those who need to convince their boss: Learn about the current landscape of the silicon supply chain from someone deep in the trenches right here in New Zealand, get a few suggestions for navigating ongoing market disruption, and enjoy a loud boisterous presenter who is, I promise, an absolute delight.)
About Robbie Litchfield
Robbie is a technologist and entrepreneur experienced across software, hardware, and engineering leadership. He dives into complex problems, pushes boundaries, and builds things most people only dream about. A serial founder with a taste for strategic mischief, Robbie has become a quiet expert in the kind of high‑stakes problem‑solving that keeps early‑stage companies alive. His current project is Novodisq, where he works as the technical lead building high-assurance data storage hardware right here in Aotearoa!