Chip War: The Fight for World's Critical Technology by Chris Miller | Book Club

Full Title: Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Suggested by: Lily
Pages to read: 357
ISBN: 9781982172008 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9781982172022 (Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•What are integrated circuits known as chips?
•What is the chip manufacturing supply chain?
•How did the military effect chip development?
•Why are chips needed in military application?
•Why pays for the R&D efforts?
•How does Silicon Valley effect chip production?
•Why is chip production expensive?
•What risks are posed by bankrupt tech firms?
•What is the Mead-Conway Revolution?
•How did Charlie Sporck effect chip production?
•How did chips come to be?
•What was the USSR strategy with chips?
•What was China’s strategy with chips?
•What happened to Huawei?
•Why did America enable Japan’s technological capacity?
•Why did Taiwan want to be a chip manufacturer?
•What is the role of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)?
•How did Morris Chang transform TSMC?
•Did Japan have unfair competition?
•What was the role of spies?
•How did Charlie Sporck effect chip manufacturing?
•What was the effect of unions on chip production?
•What did the company Fairchild do?
•What happened to GCA?
•Why use x86 architecture?
•What are the classic physics problems of making chips smaller?
•How does Intel effect U.S. policy?
•How does do chips effect A.I.?
•What is beamforming?
•What decision did Intel make about phones?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.