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One of Barack Obamas Favorite Books of 2023
The Financial Times Business Book of the Year this epic account of the decadeslong battle to control one of the worlds most critical resourcesmicrochip technologywith the United States and China increasingly in fierce competition is pulse quickeninga nonfiction thriller The New York Times
You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oilthe scarce resource on which the modern world depends Today military economic and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips Virtually everythingfrom missiles to microwavesruns on chips including cars smartphones the stock market even the electric grid Until recently America designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the 1 superpower but Americas edge is in danger of slipping undermined by players in Taiwan Korea and Europe taking over manufacturing Now as Chip War reveals China which spends more on chips than any other product is pouring billions into a chipbuilding initiative to catch up to the US At stake is Americas military superiority and economic prosperity
Economic historian Chris Miller explains how the semiconductor came to play a critical role in modern life and how the US became dominant in chip design and manufacturing and applied this technology to military systems Americas victory in the Cold War and its global military dominance stems from its ability to harness computing power more effectively than any other power Until recently China had been catching up aligning its chipbuilding ambitions with military modernization
Illuminating timely and fascinating Chip War is an essential and engrossing landmark study London Times
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