Books

reading Chip War now 

its striking how chips have been at the center of geopolitics since the beginning

US v Russia
US v Japan
US v China

US has faded in and out of manufacturing dominance in different eras but theres always been a strong industry push for govt support

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like they are both from tainan - had about 100k people in 1960

another crazy this is how many countries were in the foundry mix 

taiwan's recipe: hierarchical work culture, morris chang as a maniac, lack of competing industries in tech, steady investment, backing from US, and secluded location on western taiwan

also just find the who taiwan diaspora fascinating

Jensen Huang and Lisa Su and many others involved in TSMC, SMIC, Intel, others

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its deep and comprehensive. quite long though,

audiobook may be best

Good book. I was surprised to learn almost all of the semiconductor powerhouses were gov subsidized. Made me rethink the importance of industrial policy (done well).