Chip War

Chip War - The Fight for the WOrld's Most Critical Technology by Chris Miller (New York, NY: Scribner, 2022) ISBN 978-1-9821-7200-8 World War II was decided by steel and aluminum, and followed shortly thereafter by the cold War, which was defined by atomic weapons. The rivalry between the United States and China may well be determined by computing power. ...all advanced tech --from machine learning to missile systems, from automated vehicles to armed drones-- requires cutting-edge chips, known more formally as semiconductors or integrated circuits. A tiny number of companies control their production. Introduction p. xix