A different kind of war... the struggle over the most important technologies in the world

It may surprise you to learn that microchips are the new oil – the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic and geopolitical power is built on the foundation of computer chips. Almost everything — from rockets to microwaves — runs on chips, including cars, smartphones, the stock market, and even the power grid. Until recently, America designed and manufactured the fastest chips and maintained its lead as a superpower, but America's supremacy is in danger of being eroded, undermined by players in Taiwan, Korea and Europe taking over manufacturing. الآن، كما يكشف كتاب "حرب الرقائق" ، تُنفق الصين، التي تُنفق على الرقائق أكثر من أي منتجٍ آخر، مليارات الدولارات على مبادرةٍ لبناء الرقائق للحاق بالولايات المتحدة. At stake are American military superiority and economic prosperity. Economic historian Chris Miller explains how semiconductors came to play a central role in modern life, how the United States dominated the design and manufacture of electronic chips, and how this technology was applied in military systems. America's victory in the Cold War and its global military dominance are due to its ability to harness computing power more efficiently than any other power. Until recently, China was playing catch-up, aligning its chip-building ambitions with the modernization of its military. In this paperback edition of the book, the author has added interesting new material focusing on “America's Return to the Chip Market,” which reviews the global ramifications of the recently passed CHIPS Act, new export controls imposed on China, and efforts to rally allies to better protect chip technology. The Chip Wars is an illuminating, timely and interesting book, "an essential and engaging study" (The Times, London).