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Chris Miller is an American historian and associate professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. His research focuses on international politics, economics, and technology, particularly the intersection of innovation and global power.
Known for: Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Chip War is a detailed history of the global semiconductor industry, tracing how microchips became the most critical technology shaping modern economies, militaries, and geopolitics. Chris Miller explores the rise of key players in the United States, East Asia, and Europe, and explains how control over chip manufacturing has become central to the balance of power between nations.
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Origins of the Semiconductor
Our journey begins in the mid-20th century, when physicists at Bell Labs cracked the problem of replacing bulky vacuum tubes with something smaller, faster, and more reliable. In 1947, John Bardeen, William Shockley, and Walter Brattain created the first transistor — a simple device capable of ampli...
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The Silicon Valley Revolution
Few phenomena illustrate ingenuity and rebellion like Silicon Valley. The semiconductor industry’s culture of self-made entrepreneurs emerged from Fairchild Semiconductor’s laboratory benches. Known collectively as the ‘traitorous eight,’ these young physicists and engineers abandoned Shockley’s rig...
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About Chris Miller
Chris Miller is an American historian and associate professor at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. His research focuses on international politics, economics, and technology, particularly the intersection of innovation and global power.
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