How China Plans to Win the Chip War

By Dmitri Alperovitch of Geopolitics Decanted

Dmitri Alperovitch talks with Chris Miller, author of the recent New York Times bestseller Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology, about one of the central elements of the US-China confrontation: semiconductors. Topics discussed include: – Which chips are more critical: advanced or foundational (aka mature) – The history of how Taiwan’s TSMC had become the world’s #1 chipmaker and China’s attempts to follow in their footsteps – The effect of US export controls on China’s semiconductor industry and China’s retaliatory options – Why Taiwan chose to undermine its own Silicon Shield strategy – Whether the US is likely to attempt to destroy Taiwan’s fabs if China succeeds in conquering the island – Whether the US chips fabs can be price-competitive with Asian manufacturers? – Why Korea will likely not become the new Taiwan as a world leader in semiconductor manufacturing – And much more.

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(This post is republished from Geopolitics Decanted by Silverado.)