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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 4- Semiconductors

Steve Blank

Yan Nee Lee, “ 2 Charts Show how Much the World Depends on Taiwan for Semiconductors ” CNBC , Mar. Do you think China can credibly catch TSMC (without an invasion of Taiwan)? Of the 29 new fabs starting construction in 2021-22, over half are in China and Taiwan. China claims Taiwan is a province of China. Why or why not?

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

communication networks, then identify how China might exploit these weaknesses differently during the political coercion of Taiwan in the near-term vs open conflict in the long-term. Background: China advocates for peaceful reunification with Taiwan but has yet to officially renounce the use of military force as a means to resolve the issue.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

dependence on TSMC in Taiwan, for its most advanced logic chips. The fourth class shifted our focus to the impact commercial technologies have on the instruments of national power (DIME-FIL). The first technology we examined was semiconductors, and the U.S.

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Reorganizing the DoD to Deter China and Win in the Ukraine – A Road Map for Congress

Steve Blank

is supporting a proxy war with Russia while simultaneously attempting to deter a China cross-strait invasion of Taiwan. This has allowed the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) to integrate private capital and commercial technology and use them as a force multiplier to dominate the South China Sea and prepare for a cross-strait invasion of Taiwan.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – 2022 Wrap Up

Steve Blank

Final Problem Statement: How can we create an open, free Internet and maintain effective lines of communication in Taiwan in preparation for a potential invasion? Original Problem Statement: How might we implement a ubiquitous secure global access to the internet in order to help circumvent censorship in authoritarian regimes?

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San Antonio-based START Expands to Taiwan

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South Texas Accelerated Research Therapeutics, known as START, announced this week that it has opened a comprehensive Phase 1 oncology clinical trials program in Taiwan. The Taiwan site is its second one in Asia. It also operates […] The post San Antonio-based START Expands to Taiwan appeared first on SiliconHills.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 8 – Cyber

Steve Blank

dependence on TSMC in Taiwan, for its most advanced logic chips. This is problematic as China claims Taiwan is a province of China. The fourth class shifted our focus to the impact commercial technologies have on the instruments of national power (DIME-FIL). The first technology we examined was semiconductors, and the U.S.