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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 Great Power Competition  – Wrap Up

Steve Blank

semiconductor procurement is heavily dependent on TSMC, which creates a substantial vulnerability in the event a PRC invasion of Taiwan, or other kinetic disruptions in the Indo-Pacific. In a potential Taiwan Strait Crisis, there is a need for a low-cost and survivable counter-drone system to defend Taiwan. Team ShortCircuit.

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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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Weekly FIRGUN Newsletter – March 7 2025

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Taiwan’s TSMC announced $100 billion investment in US chipmaking And finally, RIP Skype. Anthropic has just raised $3.5bn in a round at a post-money valuation of $61.5bn. Firefly Aerospace ‘s Blue Ghost has become the first commercial spacecraft to successfully land on our Moon.

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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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How to Keep Starting a Business from Ruining a Friendship

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Dunkle and friend Mitch Gordon, 33, started their online travel community business in 2009 after they met teaching English in Taiwan, and realized there was a clear gap in quality online information about various overseas programs (teach, study, volunteer, etc.). We started work on the project in Taiwan before relocating to Berkeley, Calif.,

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[Review] HTC One M8

YoungUpstarts

When Taiwan-based phone maker HTC launched their flagship HTC One early last year, it was touted as the device that would help pull the company out of its doldrums. The company probably hoped that the HTC One would spearhead its challenge in a mobile phone market dominated by Apple’s iPhone and an Android market dominated by Samsung.