The New Cold War: China and the Race to Control the World’s Computing Power | Chris Miller

Hold These Truths with Dan Crenshaw

Dan Crenshaw

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🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Economic historian Chris Miller joins Rep. Crenshaw to talk about one of the most important battles of the 21st century: control of silicon chip manufacturing. They cover how silicon chips are made, how Taiwan gained the competitive advantage in manufacturing, China’s attempts to usurp Taiwan as the world’s chipmaking hub, how the U.S. enabled China’s development of their artificial intelligence systems, and what we need to do to catch up with Taiwan’s manufacturing capabilities.

Chris Miller is the author of “Chip Wars: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology” and “Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia.” He is an Associate Professor of International History at Tufts University. Follow him on Twitter at @crmiller1.

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0:00.0	We hold these truths to be self-evident.
0:02.0	That all men are created.
0:04.0	There's a number of Congress I get to have a lot of really interesting people in the office.
0:07.3	Experts on what they're talking about.
0:08.9	This is the podcast for insights into the issues.
0:11.6	China, bioterrorism, Medicare for all, in-depth discussions.
0:16.0	Breaking it down into simple terms.
0:17.9	We hold these truths with Dan Crenshaw.
0:24.0	So you hear a lot nowadays about ships and semiconductors.
0:26.7	You know they're a big deal and that somehow Taiwan is involved.
0:29.6	The thing is though, I'm not sure if you know how big of a deal they really are,
0:32.4	how much your life depends on them.
0:34.1	So semiconductors are probably the most central aspect to all foreign policy discussions
0:37.6	and lately domestic discussions in our lifetime.
0:40.8	Almost any conflict we talk about now on the world scale gets tied to this problem.
0:45.6	We're also how you're listening to this podcast, how you drive to work,
0:48.8	and how you wash your dishes.
0:50.2	They're pretty much involved in everything.
0:52.0	And so my guest today is Chris Miller.
0:53.5	He's a professor at my alma mater, Tufts University.
0:57.2	Just outside of Boston and his latest book is called Chip War.
1:00.8	Chip War tells us how semiconductors came to be important,
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