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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By Chris Miller
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When war comes to mind it’s usually about soldiers and missiles, but what if a fight for technological superiority was also considered a type of battle. Here, Chris Miller takes us on a fascinating ride through semiconductor history — the microchips that make the world go round.
The Financial Times Business Book of the Year, this epic account of the decades-long battle to control one of the world’s most critical resources—microchip technology—with the United States and China increasingly in fierce competition is “pulse quickening…a nonfiction thriller” (The New York Times).
You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of...
You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of...
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