Full Description
The United States, Taiwan, and China are bound within a "silicon triangle." Semiconductors link our geopolitics, our ongoing economic prosperity, and our technological competitiveness. This book draws on the deliberations of a multidisciplinary Hoover Institution-Asia Society working group of technologists, economists, military strategists, industry players, and regional policy experts to contemplate the dynamic global supply chain in semiconductors—one in which US industry faces growing vulnerabilities, China aggressively promotes home-grown semiconductor mastery, and Taiwan finds itself with a crucial monopoly on high-end logic chips sought by buyers globally. Silicon Triangle seeks to present a balanced view of how policies of the United States and its partners around semiconductors can increase the resilience of shared supply chains—and contribute to deterring conflict in the Taiwan Strait.
Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction: Washington, Taipei, and Beijing: The Silicon Triangle
1: Scenarios for Future US-China Competition
2: Implications of Technology Trends in the Semiconductor Industry
3: An Insurance Policy for Dependence of US Supply Chains on Foreign Providers
4: A Long-Term Competitiveness Strategy for US Domestic Semiconductor Technology
5: Deepening US-Taiwan Cooperation through Semiconductors
6: US Allies, Partners, and Friends
7: Jointly Deterring Beijing through Semiconductors
8: China's Lagging Techno-Nationalism
9: Mitigating the Impact of China's Nonmarket Behavior in Semiconductors
Conclusion and Discussion of Recommendations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Working Group Participants
Index
