Chip War (by Chris Miller) - Part 4
The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
The history of semiconductors is not a mere scientific one; it brings together military, political, scientific, economic and various other factors:
From Japanese perspective - Akio Morita (Sony Founder) perspective — World War II was a “typhoon of steel” — because the war was operated from an industrial power base, particularly through continuous bombing, shelling and firing bullets:
On the Chinese side — Morris Chang, the TSMC founder was fleeing Japanese in WW II:
Andy Grove was in Hungary, Budapest, at the time, and he too was familiar with the “typhoon of steel” aspect of the war:
America wanted an industrial war, because they knew they’d come on top on that basis:
America supplied Allies with weapons and equipment — they produced double the Europeans and handed it all over:
Morita, Chang and Grove all lived through WW II — suffering, yet determined to rebuild:
