In “Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology,” author Chris Miller asserts that all future wars will be won or lost based on designing, producing, and controlling the technology that powers the world–the microchip. He warns, “The new front on the battlefield is technology, and whoever has the brightest people building the most and the best stuff will win.”
Unfortunately, the US education system is no longer preparing students to take the lead in the world’s high-tech workforce. Experts expect a shortage of 1.4 million US technology workers by 2030 and a shortage of 67,000 in the critical semiconductor or microchip industry.
“Historically, the United States has not always been a global superpower,” says Mike Ward, CEO of LA Semiconductor and America’s Chips. “In fact, our prominence on the world stage stretches back less than 150 years — a short time in overall human history. Whether or not our influence extends further depends largely on the outcome of the chip war.”
