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Chris Miller, "Chip War"

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Chip War - The Origins of Computer Chips

The origins of computer chips first emerged in missile and rocket guidance systems in the early Cold War. The US government was ramping up its competition with China to control the future of chip technology. Jim Boulden: Chips are really the core to understanding globalization, the balance of military power and how our economy has changed since the first chips were invented in the late 1950s.

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