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Making microchips in the US

Tech Life

BBC

Tech News, Technology, News

4.3227 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Chris Fox and Jane Wakefield discuss Intel and US efforts to make more microchips at home amid the continuing global chip shortage. Plus we hear from the inventor of a car that turns into an airplane at the push of a button, and find out why video gamers are leading the backlash against NFTs.

(Photo: US President Joe Biden holds a microchip at a press conference in February 2021, Credit: Getty Images)

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0:41.7

No. sounds. There's probably another podcast on there that you're absolutely love. Hello, this is TechTent from the BBC World Service. I'm Chris Fox. And on the show this

0:46.2

week, we're looking at why countries, including the US, want to make more of their own

0:50.2

computer chips, there'll be flying cars, and we'll hear what gamers think of NFTs.

0:55.5

With me to discuss this week's big tech stories is our senior technology reporter Jane Wakefield.

1:00.1

Hi, Chris. Yeah, I've been looking at two of my favorite things this week, robots and cookies.

1:04.6

They are a good mix, not the cookies that I would like right now.

1:07.9

Here's a taste of what's coming up on the show.

1:09.7

You can park this car in your garage.

1:12.5

You push a button and the wings unfold and you have a fully-fledged aircraft.

1:18.3

The NFT technology that they're using is not massively changing utility.

1:22.6

Is it really changing the game?

1:27.1

First, let's talk about computer chips.

1:28.9

There's a shortage of them at the moment, though you might not have noticed it's affecting

1:32.2

everything from games consoles and cars, making them harder to get hold of.

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