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Chip war : the fight for the world's most critical technology
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ISBN: 9781982172022 9781982172008 Year: 2022 Publisher: New York Scribner

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An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical resource--microchip technology--with the United States and China increasingly in conflict. You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil--the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually everything--from missiles to microwaves--runs on chips, including cars, smartphones, the stock market, even the electric grid. Until recently, America designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the #1 superpower, but America's edge is in danger of slipping, undermined by players in Taiwan, Korea, and Europe taking over manufacturing. Now, as Chip War reveals, China, which spends more on chips than any other product, is pouring billions into a chip-building initiative to catch up to the US. At stake is America's military superiority and economic prosperity. Economic historian Chris Miller explains how the semiconductor came to play a critical role in modern life and how the U.S. became dominant in chip design and manufacturing and applied this technology to military systems. America's victory in the Cold War and its global military dominance stems from its ability to harness computing power more effectively than any other power. But here, too, China is catching up, with its chip-building ambitions and military modernization going hand in hand. America has let key components of the chip-building process slip out of its grasp, contributing not only to a worldwide chip shortage but also a new Cold War with a superpower adversary that is desperate to bridge the gap. Illuminating, timely, and fascinating, Chip War shows that, to make sense of the current state of politics, economics, and technology, we must first understand the vital role played by chips.

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S10/0685 --- S10/0523 --- S10/0641 --- S10/0835 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--US-China economic relations --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Power supply (electricity, mining, oil) and computing industry --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Foreign trade and economic relations: since 1989 --- China: Economics, industry and commerce--Postal service and telecommunications: since 1949 (including E-commerce) --- Competition, International. --- Diplomatic relations. --- Integrated circuits industry. --- International relations. --- Microelectronics --- Microelectronics. --- World politics. --- History. --- China --- China. --- United States --- United States. --- Relations --- BPB9999 --- BPB2309 --- technologie --- digitale technologie --- grondstof --- concurrentie --- concurență --- ανταγωνισμός --- konkurencja --- Wettbewerb --- soutěž --- konkurencia --- конкуренция --- tržišno natjecanje --- concorrência --- kilpailu --- kompetizzjoni --- iomaíocht --- competencia --- concurrence --- konkurrencë --- konkurenca --- konkurrence --- konkurents --- конкуренција --- konkurencija --- competition --- concorrenza --- konkurrens --- konkurence --- verseny --- principio della concorrenza --- condição de concorrência --- mededinging --- konkurrencevilkår --- concorrenza praticabile --- concorrenza effettiva --- posizione concorrenziale --- ефективна конкуренција --- condizioni di concorrenza --- начела на конкуренција --- услови на конкуренција --- конкурентска позиција --- materia prima --- surovine --- amhábhar --- råmateriale --- matière première --- žaliava --- surovina --- izejviela --- materie primă --- raw material --- πρώτη ύλη --- lëndë e parë --- raaka-aine --- råmaterial --- Rohstoff --- materja prima --- sirovina --- nyersanyag --- суровина --- сировина --- matéria-prima --- tooraine --- surowiec --- референтен материјал --- reference material --- etalonaine --- toore --- υλικό αναφοράς --- referenciaanyag --- material de bază --- суров материјал --- matériau de référence --- referentiestoffen --- pagrindinė medžiaga --- materiali --- Referenzmaterialien --- råstof --- material referencë --- obearbetat material --- materiali di riferimento --- referenčný materiál --- materiaal --- referencematerialer --- materiais de referência --- digitale Technologie --- teknoloġija diġitali --- digitalna tehnologija --- digitaalitekniikka --- tecnología digital --- technologie numérique --- tehnologie digitală --- digital teknologi --- teicneolaíocht dhigiteach --- digitální technologie --- teknologji dixhitale --- цифрова технология --- digital teknik --- digital technology --- digitálna technológia --- ψηφιακή τεχνολογία --- tecnologia digitale --- ciparu tehnoloģija --- digitaaltehnoloogia --- technologia cyfrowa --- skaitmeninė technologija --- tecnologia digital --- digitális technológia --- дигитална технологија --- Digitaltechnologie --- digitalteknik --- технология --- technológia --- teknik --- tecnologia --- technologija --- tehnoloogia --- tehnoloģija --- teknologi --- tehnologie --- tehnologija --- teknologia --- technologia --- teknoloġija --- technology --- τεχνολογία --- tecnología --- Technologie --- teicneolaíocht --- teknologji --- технологија --- technický postup --- ingeniería --- inžinierstvo --- settore tecnologico --- technika --- egnet teknologi --- ingenjörsvetenskap --- ingénierie --- μηχανολογία --- engenharia --- инженерство --- inženýrství --- inžinerija --- engineering --- inženjering --- tehnika --- inženierpakalpojumi --- inginerie --- ingegneria dei sistemi --- inženierzinība --- inxhinieri --- INTEGRATED OPERATIONS (MILITARY SCIENCE) --- ELECTRONICS IN MILITARY ENGINEERING --- COMPETITION, INTERNATIONAL --- CHINA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--USA --- USA--FOREIGN RELATIONS--CHINA


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Kobalt blues : de ondermijning van Congo 1960-2020
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ISBN: 9782390251637 2390251633 9789401476775 Year: 2021 Publisher: Tielt Lannoo

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In Kobalt blues richt journalist Erik Bruyland zich op de postkoloniale geschiedenis van zijn geboorteland Congo. De vervlogen dagen van de Belgische kolonisator verglijden er in taferelen van slavenarbeid in de mijnen van Katanga. Hij stelt dan ook de cruciale vraag: 'waarom is een land dat zo rijk is, toch zo arm?' Via doorgedreven onderzoeksjournalistiek beschrijft Bruyland hoe opportunisten en speculanten als aasgieren op de Congolese bodemrijkdommen duiken. Hij ontrafelt de financiële en economische carrousels en de geopolitieke combines die leiden tot de tragedie van Kobalt blues: het blauwe goud vloeit weg naar offshorebedrijven, het zwarte zweet gutst weg voor niets. En dat om onze honger naar smartphones en accu's te stillen.Een messcherpe analyse van de economische en politieke ondermijning van Congo, waarin - als in een spiegel - altijd weer de rol en verantwoordelijkheid van de voormalige Belgische kolonisator opdoemt.https://www.lannoo.be/nl/kobalt-blues

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Congo-Kinshasa --- Belgisch Kongo --- Koloniale geschiedenis --- Kolonialisme --- Postkolonialisme --- BPB2107 --- Congo --- colonialisme --- produit minier --- géopolitique --- geopolityka --- ġeopolitika --- geopoliitika --- geopolitika --- Geopolitik --- geopolitik --- геополитика --- geopolitica --- geopolitiek --- geopolitică --- geopolítica --- γεωπολιτική --- geopolitics --- gjeopolitikë --- geopholaitíocht --- ģeopolitika --- geopolitiikka --- bányászati termék --- prodott tal-minjieri --- kaevandamise toode --- produkt minerar --- kaivosteollisuuden tuote --- продукт за минно дело --- naudingosios iškasenos --- rudarski proizvod --- mining product --- prodotto minerario --- produkt ťažby --- mijnbouwproduct --- produkt górniczy --- produto mineiro --- μεταλλευτικό προϊόν --- рударски производ --- bergbauliches Erzeugnis --- iežguves produkts --- produkty důlního dobývání --- mineprodukt --- gruvprodukt --- produs minier --- producto minero --- Mineral --- минерал --- bányatermékek --- Erz --- Montanprodukt --- rudača --- rūda --- mineralinės žaliavos --- μετάλλευμα --- ore --- ruda --- nerostné suroviny --- druhotná surovina --- xeheror --- malm --- minéral --- minerale --- minerāls --- maak --- mijnbouwprodukt --- ορυκτό --- erts --- руда --- minereu --- minerální suroviny --- nerast --- érc --- mineraal --- minério --- ásvány --- minerální produkty --- kalnrūpniecības produkts --- mineral --- minerai --- doprovodná surovina --- kolonializmus --- колониализъм --- kolonijalizam --- Kolonialismus --- kolonializmas --- kolonialism --- kolonjaliżmu --- kolonialismi --- колонијализам --- colonialismo --- kolonialisme --- kolonializm --- colonialism --- kolonializem --- αποικιοκρατία --- kolonialismus --- koloniālisms --- kolonializëm --- neocolonialism --- neokolonialisme --- uuskolonialism --- neokolonialismus --- neokolonializmus --- neocolonialismo --- uuskolonialismi --- неоколонијализам --- neo-colonialism --- neokoloniālisms --- nykolonialism --- néocolonialisme --- kolonizace --- gyarmatosítás --- gyarmati uralom --- koloniální závislost --- gyarmatosító politika --- колонијална зависност --- колонијална доминација --- νεοαποικιοκρατία --- neokolonializmas --- Neokolonialismus --- koloniální nadvláda --- neokolonijalizam --- колонизација --- neokolonializëm --- gyarmati rendszer --- Κονγκό --- Kongo --- Конго --- Kongó --- Kongas --- Congo-Brazzaville --- il-Kongo --- Republikken Congo --- Kongo Respublika --- Congo Brazzaville --- ir-Repubblika tal-Kongo --- Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό --- Kongo Francez --- Конго-Бразавил --- République du Congo --- Kongo Republika --- Kongo Brazavilë --- Република Конго --- Brazzavillen Kongo --- French Congo --- Republika e Kongos --- Repubblica del Congo --- Republica Congo --- Republiken Kongo --- Republika Kongo --- Konžská republika --- Kongo (Brazaville) --- Republika Konga --- República do Congo --- Kongon tasavalta --- Konžská lidová republika --- Republiek Congo --- die Republik Kongo --- Kongo Vabariik --- Kongo-Brazzaville --- República del Congo --- Republic of the Congo --- Kongói Köztársaság --- Industrie minière --- corruption --- ressource en sol --- République démocratique du Congo --- Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta --- Demokratická republika Kongo --- Democratische Republiek Congo --- Демократска Република Конго --- Kongo Demokraatlik Vabariik --- Demokratyczna Republika Konga --- Demokratična republika Kongo --- die Demokratische Republik Kongo --- Konžská demokratická republika --- Repubblica democratica del Congo --- Демократична република Конго --- Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo --- Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság --- Congo, Republica Democratică --- República Democrática del Congo --- Demokratska Republika Kongo --- Den Demokratiske Republik Congo --- Democratic Republic of the Congo --- Republika Demokratike e Kongos --- Kongo Demokratinė Respublika --- Kongo Demokrātiskā Republika --- Demokratiska republiken Kongo --- Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό --- Kongo Kinšasa --- Kongo DV --- Kongo (Leopoldville) --- Kongo (býv. Zair) --- Конго Слободна Држава --- Конго Киншаса --- Kinshasa Kongo --- Zair --- Zairas --- Ζαΐρ --- República Democrática do Congo --- Заир --- Κογκό Κινσάσα --- Beļģijas Kongo --- Kinshasa --- Congo Kinshasa --- Конго-Киншаса --- Zaire --- Zaïre --- Republica Congoleză --- Kongo (Kinshasa) --- ex Zaire --- Република Конго (Леополдвил) --- Белгиско Конго --- Zaira --- Kongo-Kinshasa --- Congo belgian --- Kongo Kinshasa --- Kinshasan Kongo --- Kinshasské Kongo --- Zairská republika --- богатство земљишта --- grondrijkdom --- maapõue loodusvarad --- bogatstvo tala --- земјишни ресурси --- pôdne zdroje --- recursos do solo --- burime tokësore --- почвени ресурси --- recurso del suelo --- augsnes resursi --- maaperän luonnonvarat --- ressourcer i form af landområder --- dirvožemio ištekliai --- Bodenbestand --- soil resources --- zasoby glebowe --- marktillgångar --- disponibilità di suolo --- εδαφικοί πόροι --- riżorsi tal-ħamrija --- földi erőforrás --- resurse ale solului --- půdní zdroje --- viri tal --- talni resursi --- a Föld méhe kincsei --- a Föld erőforrásai --- éilliú --- korupce --- lahjonta --- corupție --- corruzione --- korruption --- korrupció --- korrupsion --- корупция --- korupcija --- Korruption --- korupcja --- корупција --- korruzzjoni --- δωροδοκία --- corruptie --- corrupción --- korruptsioon --- korupcia --- corrupção --- corruttela --- mito --- papirkinėjimas --- примање поткуп --- давање поткуп --- ветување незаслужена имотна корист --- vesztegetés --- podmićivanje --- поткуп --- éillitheacht --- tráfico de influencias --- interešu konflikta situācija --- nelikumīgs ietekmējams stāvoklis --- befolyással üzérkedés --- delito de prevaricación --- úplatkářství --- rudarska industrija --- górnictwo --- těžební průmysl --- industria mineraria --- industria minera --- ťažobný priemysel --- εξορυκτική βιομηχανία --- rudarstvo --- kasybos pramonė --- iežguves rūpniecība --- bányászat --- Bergbau --- mijnindustrie --- industri e minierave --- industrija tal-minjieri --- минна индустрия --- mining industry --- industrie minieră --- gruvindustri --- mäetööstus --- kaivosteollisuus --- indústria mineira --- mineindustri --- рударство --- рударска индустрија --- báňský průmysl --- industria estrattiva --- hornictví --- Montanindustrie --- grubedrift --- mijnbouwindustrie --- руди --- důlní průmysl --- рудник --- industrija rudarstva --- hornický průmysl --- bjergværksdrift --- фосилни горива --- минерали --- bogatstvo tla --- resursi tla --- Geopolitiek --- Economie --- Internationale handel --- Uitbuiting --- Onderzoeksjournalistiek --- Belgisch-Congo --- Logistiek --- #SBIB:328H412 --- #SBIB:96G --- #SBIB:39A73 --- #SBIB:39A4 --- Instellingen en beleid: Zaïre / Congo --- Geschiedenis van Afrika --- Etnografie: Afrika --- Toegepaste antropologie --- acmhainní ithreach --- coilíneachas --- Colonisation. 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