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Chip War Reveals How We Can’t Make Sense Of Politics, Economics Or Technology Today Without First Understanding The Central Role Played By Computer Chips In Shaping The Modern World. But The West's Lead In This Area Is Under Threat. At Stake Is America's Military Superiority And The Economic Prosperity Of Democratic Nations.

Power In The Modern World - Military, Economic, Geopolitical - Is Built On A Foundation Of Computer Chips. America Has Maintained Its Lead As A Superpower Because It Has Dominated Advances In Computer Chips And All The Technology That Chips Have Enabled. (Virtually Everything Runs On Chips: Cars, Phones, The Stock Market, Even The Electric Grid.) Now That Edge Is In Danger Of Slipping, Undermined By The Naïve Assumption That Globalising The Chip Industry And Letting Players In Taiwan, Korea And Europe Take Over Manufacturing Serves America's Interests. Currently, As Chip War Reveals, China, Which Spends More On Chips Than Any Other Product, Is Pouring Billions Into A Chip-building Manhattan Project To Catch Up To The US.

Chip War Reveals How We Can’t Make Sense Of Politics, Economics Or Technology Today Without First Understanding The Central Role Played By Computer Chips In Shaping The Modern World. But The West's Lead In This Area Is Under Threat. At Stake Is America's Military Superiority And The Economic Prosperity Of Democratic Nations. Power In The Modern World - Military, Economic, Geopolitical - Is Built On A Foundation Of Computer Chips. America Has Maintained Its Lead As A Superpower Because It Has Dominated Advances In Computer Chips And All The Technology That Chips Have Enabled. (Virtually Everything Runs On Chips: Cars, Phones,...  Read More