In the recently published book, ‘Silicon Triangle,’ Professors H.S. Philip Wong and Jim Plummer, contributed "Implications of Technology Trends in the Semiconductor Industry." This chapter offers background on and discusses the implications of semiconductor technology and industry trends.

The United States, Taiwan, and China are bound within a "silicon triangle." Semiconductors link our geopolitics, our ongoing economic prosperity, and our technological competitiveness. The more than two dozen participants in this working group have worked together for eighteen months to better understand this strategic triangle. The questions we considered include these:

• How can the United States mitigate the risks of semiconductor supply chain disruptions and become an even more competitive player in this foundational critical technology?
• How can this be done in a way that preserves Taiwan’s self-governing democracy, underpins its prosperity and our partnership, and promotes stability in the Taiwan Strait?
• How can we work with global partners to respond to new vulnerabilities stemming from China’s state-driven global semiconductor ambitions?

Despite significant policy efforts on these issues to date, we believe more needs to be done. As with other critical technologies where economic and national security interests will increasingly intersect, ensuring continued semiconductor security will require continuous policy adaptation as the US-China relationship changes.

Excerpted from the Hoover Institution Press, "Silicon Triangle: The United States, Taiwan, China, and Global Semiconductor Security," a joint report of the Hoover Institution and the Asia Society Center on U.S.-China Relations.

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Read "Implications of Technology Trends in the Semiconductor Industry," by H.S. Philip Wong and Jim Plummer.