The Big Think Interview

The most important piece of technology in your lifetime is this tiny chip

Freitag, 13. Februar 2026 · 55 min

MP3

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The story of the chip is a story about geopolitics and scarcity. From $20 billion fabrication plants to machines built by a single Dutch firm, the supply chain behind your devices is both miraculous and astonishingly fragile.

Chris Miller explains why the AI race, U.S.–China tensions, and the future of economic dominance, all rest on this tiny square of silicon.
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