Chip War, by Chris Miller (published 2022). This is the book about the problem facing the country (supply chains). It is a stunningly researched overview of the challenges of managing the supply chain for semiconductor chips. The book covers the complex physics of making advanced chips, the financial perspective of creating an incredibly expensive process that allows these advanced technologies to be sold very cheaply, and finally the supply chain complexities. There is a reason why so many chips need to be made by one or two suppliers (we need the economics of consolidation). One piece of equipment (that performs the lithography for printing ultra small chips) has 452,000 different components. This is a rare book that I read cover to cover.
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Warren Powell
Chief Innovation Officer, Optimal Dynamics
Professor Emeritus, Princeton University
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Original Message:
Sent: 05-19-2023 07:43
From: Jill Capello
Subject: Suggest the next book for the INFORMS Book Club
We need your help in choosing the next book for the INFORMS Book Club. Have you read something recently that you think would be a good choice or is there a book that you've been looking forward to reading? Please post your recommendations (fiction or non-fiction). Once we've received your suggestions, I'll send out a poll so you can vote on the next book. Thank you!
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Jill Capello
Membership Associate
INFORMS
Catonsville MD
jcapello@informs.org
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