'Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology'

Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually everythingâ€"from missiles to microwaves, smartphones to the stock marketâ€"runs on chips. Until recently, America designed and built the most advanced chips and used its control over computing power to maintain its lead as the world's leading superpower. The Soviet Union--which designed and manufactured many of its most advanced semiconductors in the Baltic States--could never keep up. Now, America's edge is slipping, undermined by competitors in Taiwan, Korea, Europe, and, above all, China. Today, China, which spends more money each year importing chips than it spends importing oil, is pouring billions into a chip-building initiative to catch up to the US, and using this to build a military that threatens Taiwan, the beating heart of the digital world. At stake is America's military superiority and economic prosperity.

Speaker: Chris Miller, Tufts University; with Stephen Kotkin, Stanford University, moderator

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