Chris Miller | Chip War: The Battle for Semiconductor Supremacy
By Jordan Harbinger, featuring Chris Miller, Associate Professor of International History at The Fletcher School, and author of Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology”
How high are the geopolitical and technological stakes in the international struggle for semiconductor supremacy? Chip War author Chris Miller chimes in!
What We Discuss with Chris Miller:
- Semiconductors, commonly known as semis or chips, are essential components in thousands of products such as computers, smartphones, appliances, gaming hardware, medical equipment, and military technology.
- How superconductors evolved to become so crucial to our modern infrastructure.
- The intricacies of semiconductor manufacturing — from their complex operation to the resources required to create them — mean the countries that can produce the most advanced chips have a strategic advantage on the world stage. Taiwan is currently the leader in this field.
- Why China, despite investing heavily in semiconductor technology, is always playing catch-up with the rapid pace of Western-influenced technological advancement — and what underhanded steps it might take to slow this pace to its advantage.
- What the recently passed CHIPS and Science Act will likely mean for semiconductor research and manufacturing jobs in the United States.
- And much more…
Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/919