Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology

A review of Chris Miller’s bestselling book

On December 16, 1947, the first working transistor was successfully tested at Bell Labs’ headquarters. The team behind its invention included William Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter Brattain. These three scientists were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for their research and the development of the transistor. From there, integrated …