Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
by Chris Miller
View on GoodreadsOil is the resource you'd expect great powers to fight over. Miller's case is that semiconductors now matter as much to economic and military power, and China already spends more importing chips than importing oil. He traces how chipmaking came to depend on a handful of firms and places.
Core ideas
- Cold War roots: From the Bell Labs transistor in 1947, US military spending on missile guidance drove chip innovation, and he ties chip leadership to Cold War victory.
- Design here, fabs there: Manufacturing moved to Japan in the 1980s, then South Korea and Taiwan, while design stayed largely American.
- Where it concentrates: TSMC in Taiwan, Samsung and the Dutch lithography maker ASML sit at the center, while China pours state investment into catching up.
Published2022
Pages431
ISBN9781982172008
ReadFeb 2023
