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

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (America’s influence and footprint on the world stage). This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Do you think China can credibly catch TSMC (without an invasion of Taiwan)?

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

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Today’s topic was Organizational Design and Modern War. Organization Design. And Finals Prep.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 5 – AI and Machine Learning

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape all the elements of national power (America’s influence and footprint on the world stage). This “whole of government approach” is known by the acronym DIME -FIL. is dependent on TSMC , located in Taiwan, for its most advanced logic chips.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition  – Wrap Up

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to give our students insights on how commercial technology (AI, machine learning, autonomy, cyber, quantum, semiconductors, access to space, biotech, hypersonics, and others) will shape how we employ all the elements of national power (our influence and footprint on the world stage).

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

Steve Blank

government agencies, our federal research labs, and government contractors no longer have exclusive access to these advanced technologies. Government agencies to provide context and perspective on commercial technologies and national security. We focused on the challenges created when U.S. Guest Speakers.

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

Steve Blank

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed the class to cover how technology will shape the character and employment of all instruments of national power. These instruments of national power employed in a “whole of government approach” to advance a state’s interests are known by the acronym DIME -FIL. Class 2 focused on China, the U.S.’s

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The Semiconductor Ecosystem – Explained

Steve Blank

The last year has seen a ton written about the semiconductor industry: chip shortages, the CHIPS Act , our dependence on Taiwan and TSMC , China, etc. Companies in the semiconductor ecosystem make chips (the triangle on the left) and sell them to companies and government agencies (on the right). Specialized Materials.

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