Author:
Miller, Chris (Research fellow) author.
Edition Statement:First Scribner hardcover edition.
ImprintNew York : Scribner, 2022.
Descriptionxxvii, 431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Note:Part I. Cold war chips -- From steel to silicon -- The switch -- Noyce, Kilby and the integrated circuit -- Liftoff -- Mortars and mass production -- "I...WANT...TO...GET...RICH" -- Part II. The circuitry of the American world -- Soviet Silicon Valley -- "Copy it" -- The transistor salesman -- "Transistor girls" -- Precision strike -- Supply chain statecraft -- Interl's revolutionaires -- The Pentagon's offset strategy -- Part III. Leadership lost? -- "That competition is tough" -- "At war with Japan" -- "Shipping junk" -- The crude oil of the 1980s -- Death spiral -- The Japan that can say no -- Part IV. America resurgent -- The potato chip king -- Disrupting Intel -- "My enemy's enemy": the rise of Korea -- "This is the future" -- The KGB's directorate T -- "Weapons of mass destruction" : the impact of the offset -- War hero -- "The Cold War is over and you have won" -- Part V. Integrated circuits, integrated world? -- "We want a semiconductor industry in Taiwan" -- "All people must make semiconductors: -- Sharing God's love with the Chinese" -- Lithography wars -- The innovator's dilemma -- Running faster? -- Part VI. Offshoring innovation? -- "Real men have fabs" -- The fabless revolution -- Morris Chang's grand alliance -- Applie silicon -- EUV -- "There is no plan B" -- How Intel forgot innovation -- Part VII. China's challenge -- Made in China -- "Call forth the assault" -- Technology transfer -- "Mergers are bound to happen" -- The rise of Huawei -- The 5G future -- The next offset -- Part VIII. The chip choke -- "Everything we're competing on" -- Fujian Jinhua -- The assault on Huawei -- China's Sputnik moment? -- Shortages and supply chains -- The Taiwan dilemma.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical resource- microchip technology- with the United States and China increasingly in conflict. Many would be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil- the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually everything- from missiles to microwaves, smartphones to the stock market- runs on semiconductors. Until recently, the United States designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the number one superpower. Today, America's edge is slipping. What's more, China, which spends more money importing chips than importing oil, is pouring billions of dollars into a plan to catch America's lead- a no-holds-barred effort to acquire the world's most important technology. At stake is not only the United States' economic prosperity but also its military superiority." --Dust jacket flap.
