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Horns of a Dilemma - When the (Micro) Chips Are Down
If you're interested in a good history of the microprocessor industry and the great power moves for control of the industry today, including where and for whom the most important company in the world makes chips, and how it's always been tied at the hip with the industrial military complex, this is the podcast episode for you. Professor Chris Miller explains the central importance of advanced computing for the future of military warfare as well, which in turn has an impact of geopolitical calculations of the great powers. I wish it had gone a bit more in depth in Joe Biden's newest round of sanctions on technology vs. China, but the current context that this author explains gives you a good understanding of the impact.
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If you're interested in a good history of the microprocessor industry and the great power moves for control of the industry today, including where and for whom the most important company in the world makes chips, and how it's always been tied at the hip with the industrial military complex, this is the podcast episode for you. Professor Chris Miller explains the central importance of advanced computing for the future of military warfare as well, which in turn has an impact of geopolitical calculations of the great powers. I wish it had gone a bit more in depth in Joe Biden's newest round of sanctions on technology vs. China, but the current context that this author explains gives you a good understanding of the impact.
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#PodcastFriday is a tag where people recommend a particularly good episode from a podcast. The point of this tag is NOT to recommend entire podcasts--there are too many podcasts out there, and our queues are already too long, so don't do that. Let's just recommend the cream of the crop, the episodes that made you *brainsplode* or laugh like crazy. Copy this footer so people don't start recommending whole podcasts. :P
