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

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Become a Big Think member to unlock expert classes, premium print issues, exclusive events and more: https://bigthink.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=yt_desc Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvQECJukTDE2i6aCoMnS-Vg?sub_confirmation=1 Up next, How an AI chip war could destroy the global economy | Chris Miller for The Freethink Interview ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foYWzdvajvo 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 sat down with us in July 2024 to explain why the AI race, U.S.–China tensions, and the future of economic dominance, all rest on this tiny square of silicon. 0:48 Chapter One: How to build a microchip 1:40 The center of our modern life 5:00 Inside the microchip 8:00 The unmatched pace of computing 1

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