The new cold war, cloaked in silicon, is ratcheting up, with uncontested supremacy in the emerging AI-led, productivity-unlocking paradigm up for grabs. With the US and its allies determined to thwart Beijing's access to cutting-edge chips, China is finding progressively more creative ways to circumvent those restrictions, all the while trying to ramp-up its indigenous capacity. In the first half of 2024, China significantly increased its investment in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, spending a record $25 billion according to the global chip industry association SEMI. This amount surpasses the combined expenditures of South Korea, Taiwan, and the… — GammaLab (@gammalab_tweets) September […]
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