Book Notes · Strategy, business & tech
Chip War (Chris Miller)
How semiconductors became the world's most critical technology and chokepoint: from the transistor to TSMC and ASML, Japan's 1980s challenge, why most advanced chips come from Taiwan, and the US–China struggle over export controls.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Intel & the microprocessor (Great Firms); Geopolitics basics. Next: The Prize. Book: Chris Miller, *Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology* (2022), *Financial Times* Business Book of the Year.Next: 1. From the transistor to Moore's law