New COLD WAR Over Computer Chips? w/ Chris Miller (#391)

Into the Impossible With Brian Keating

Brian Keating

Science, Physics, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 2 February 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Please join my mailing list here 👉 https://briankeating.com/list to win a meteorite 💥 If there's one key factor securing America's economic prosperity and military superiority, it's not oil; it's chips. No, not the chips we all love to snack on during movies, but highly efficient computer chips. Chips that power pretty much everything from our military machinery to our iPhones. The United States held the top spot in crafting the fastest chips on Earth for a long time. But countries like Taiwan and China are catching up fast. This unfolding race that will determine our future has been thoroughly chronicled by today's guest, Chris Miller, in his book Chip War. Wanna know what he found out during his research? Then tune in to this exciting episode of Into the Impossible! Key Takeaways: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:58 Judging a book by its cover 00:03:36 Moore’s law and the history of semiconductors 00:11:28 The challenges of developing chips 00:17:50 Communism vs. capitalism 00:23:48 The importance of military funding 00:25:52 Chip manufacturing and geopolitics 00:36:16 China’s demographic and economic challenges 00:41:21 Bitcoin mining and energy efficiency 00:48:02 Outro — Additional resources: 👉 Are you hungry for knowledge? Visit https://www.brilliant.org/DrBrianKeating and try everything Brilliant has to offer —free—for a full 30 days. The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription! 🤓 📝 Get one month of Snipd Premium for free with this link: https://get.snipd.com/Cx7S/brianSnipd Snipd lets you take Smart Notes 🧠 with AI 💡 — it’s my favorite podcast player 😀 ! 📢 Ownership of your health starts with AG1. Try AG1 and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D3K2 and 5 FREE AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase 👉 https://drinkag1.com/impossible ➡️ Check out Chris Miller: 📚 Chip War by Chris Miller: https://a.co/d/5hh45IW 💻 Website: https://www.christophermiller.net/ ➡️ Follow me on your favorite platforms: ✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrBrianKeating 🔔 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1 📝 Join my mailing list: https://briankeating.com/mailing_list ✍️ Check out my blog: https://briankeating.com/blog.php 🎙️ Follow my podcast: https://briankeating.com/podcast Into the Impossible with Brian Keating is a podcast dedicated to all those who want to explore the universe within and beyond the known. Make sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's one key factor securing American economic prosperity and military superiority.
0:06.0	It's not oil. It's not even weapons. It's chips. Chips power everything from our military machinery to our smartphones that are glued to our hands.
0:16.0	Until recently, the US had dominance in crafting the fastest chips in the world,
0:20.4	but countries like Taiwan and more importantly China are catching up fast.
0:24.7	This unfolding race will determine our future and it's been thoroughly chronicled by today's
0:29.8	exceptionally interesting guest Chris Miller in his book aptly titled Chip War
0:33.9	Chris is a professor of international history with a focus on the Cold War he's
0:38.0	devoted much of his life to the study let's get into it. technology is indistinguishable from magic.
0:54.0	Open the pod bay doors now.
0:57.0	Everybody out there.
0:59.0	Welcome to a very very special episode of the Into the Impossible podcast requested by my brother-in-law because he
1:06.0	loves this book by Chris Miller called Chip Wars. So we're going to go to war today. We're going to talk about
1:12.1	this wonderful, really incredible runaway bestseller of
1:15.3	2023 by Chris Miller or maybe it came out in 2022. Did it come out in 22 or 23?
1:20.0	That's right, late 2022. Late 2022.
1:22.0	Okay. It's been a year of just accolades. That's right, late 2022. Late 2022, okay.
1:22.6	It's been a year of just accolades
1:25.2	and Nkomea from all over the world.
1:28.6	And we're gonna get into deep, deep dive
1:30.9	into the technology, into the physics.
1:34.4	You know, Chris, I might be the first person
1:36.4	that you've ever talked to on a podcast
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