Chips are the new oil the power behind all modern technology, and increasingly seen as the biggest geopolitical prize of all. At the heart of the chip war lies the tiny island of Taiwan: the country that China claims is a part of its territory, is the producer of 90% of the world's most advanced semiconductors.
David Reed, CEO of Vedanta Foxconn, noted that one of the biggest challenges that India faces is lack of credible experienced talent when it comes to semiconductor manufacturing facilities.
Historians joke that some parts of the world – Crete and the Balkans, for instance– produce more history than they can consume locally. The California town of Palo Alto produces more economics than it can consume, and therefore more politics, and therefore more culture. But this comes at a price. Malcolm Harris, a thirtysomething Marxist