The simple answer: as we’ve become more and more reliant on microchips they’ve simultaneously gotten harder to manufacture.
We’re in the middle of a chip war, competing on production and policy with countries like China. But why have these tiny, tiny machines created such a global geopolitical footprint?
The simple answer: as we’ve become more and more reliant on microchips they’ve simultaneously gotten harder to manufacture — creating rising demand for semiconductors for civilian as well as military uses. Scripps News producer Eli Kintisch goes to the National Institute of Standards and Technology for a better understanding of how these tiny yet essential pieces of technology are made.
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