The Mask Gets Larger

Wednesday, September 9, 2026

AI is pushing semiconductor manufacturing in two directions at once: transistors are shrinking, while the infrastructure needed to produce advanced chips is becoming larger, more complex and increasingly dependent on coordination across Europe and East Asia.

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Taiwan and the Geography of Technological Power

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is often measured in market share and production capacity. Yet its deeper significance lies elsewhere: in the concentration of expertise, institutions and industrial coordination that increasingly defines technological power in the twenty-first century.

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