A new car will have a thousand chips inside of it, he says. "The modern economy just can't function without lots and lots of chips" A chip is a piece of silicon with a lot of tiny circuits carved into it,. And these circuits are either completed or interrupted via device called a transistor.
Today we’re bringing you an episode on chips. No, not potato chips. Kevin has been pitching an episode on the truly fascinating world of chips and semiconductors for quite a while, but our friends at the The Ezra Klein Show got to it first. This week on Hard Fork: Ezra Klein’s engrossing conversation with historian Chris Miller. It’s a must listen. Thank you to Ezra for beating us in our quest for a great chips episode.
We'll be back with our regularly scheduled tech coverage, with Kevin and Casey next week.