By Ted Carter
Recently, there has been important media coverage on an economic and foreign policy issue – providing context for the resurging conflict with China and resulting chess moves vis-à-vis Taiwan; all dealing with the 21st century version of “Black Gold” which are semiconductors.
The Strategic Importance of Semiconductors
How semiconductors are manufactured, their criticality to the Global Economy, U.S. national security, global geopolitics and Global consumer demand, have been highlighted in a recent 60 Minutes segment; Chris Miller’s excellent book, Chip War, The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology and a recent WIRED magazine podcast, I saw the Face of God in a Chip Factory: Inside TSMC, the mysterious Taiwanese company at the center of the global Semiconductor industry.
