Chip War

This book by Chris Miller came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Niall Ferguson. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

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. You may 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 chips. Until recently, America designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the 1 superpower.