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

Steve Blank

This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. 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)? And after two decades focused on counter terrorism, the U.S. Oppenheimer , Dec.

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

Steve Blank

Over this course you’ve heard from the leading voices across the military, government, and industry issue a call to action. 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.

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The Coming Chip Wars

Steve Blank

The United States just did this to China by limiting Huawei’s ability to outsource its in-house chip designs for manufacture by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), a Taiwanese chip foundry. The committee found that Huawei could not or would not explain its relationship with the Chinese government and did not comply with U.S.

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When National Security Falls Between the Cracks

Steve Blank

government is ill-equipped to deal with the growing number of national security challenges that exist at the intersection of commercial and defense technology. Yet it remains unclear who in the government now sets policy for — or has final say over — issues that cross the boundaries between academia, defense, commerce, and diplomacy.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. And they figure out how they could digitally enable their business – supply chain, customer interactions, etc. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

Research universities also became an integral part of the military ecosystem as the federal government pumped billions into supporting science. China has gone from a land-based army to one that can support its territorial claims to the South China Sea and Taiwan with anti-access/area-denial weapons. bases in Guam and Okinawa.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

Research universities also became an integral part of the military ecosystem as the federal government pumped billions into supporting science. China has gone from a land-based army to one that can support its territorial claims to the South China Sea and Taiwan with anti-access/area-denial weapons. bases in Guam and Okinawa.

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