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Chapter 3: ..........THE SEMICONDUCTOR WILDCARD Now here's where it gets really interesting — and where the stakes for the entire world become clear. Taiwan makes the chips that power everything. Smartphones. Cars. Fighter jets. AI systems. Medical devices. You name it. And one company — TSMC, t…

Chapter 3: ..........THE SEMICONDUCTOR WILDCARD Now here's where it gets really interesting — and where the stakes for the entire world become clear. Taiwan makes the chips that power everything. Smartphones. Cars. Fighter jets. AI systems. Medical devices. You name it. And one company — TSMC, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company — produces the most advanced chips on the planet. Chips that even the United States cannot manufacture at the same scale or sophistication.