《浪潮之巅》梳理了IT产业发展的历史脉络，叙述了美国硅谷明星公司的兴衰沉浮。通过对各大公司从技术轨迹到经营理念的剖析，作者吴军想向读者展现的并不仅仅是一幅有关科技产业更迭和大公司成长规律的历史景观，而是为了让中国的读者能更真实地了解美国、了解科技产业，以此理解科技创新和商业公平在美国文化生活中的深刻意义。-" Top of the wave,"　combing the IT industry in history, described the U.S. Silicon Valley star' s ups and downs. By major companies to operate from the concept of technological trajectory analysis, the author Wu would like to show to the reader and not just a change of the technology industry and the history of the law of large landscape company' s growth, but to let the Chinese readers to more realistic understanding of the United States, to understand science and technology industry, in order to understand the technological innovation and business fair in the United States in the cultural life of profound significance.