Earlier this month the US imposed sweeping new import controls that aim to slow China’s development of high end semiconductors. It’s a dramatic escalation in the race between the global superpowers for chip supremacy, and it could have far reaching consequences for both the global economy and the balance of power across the Pacific. 

Now these might sound like overstuffed claims for a dust up over computer chips, but today's guest argues that the humble transistor has become the world's most critical technology with the power to reshape industries and world events. On this edition of KCBS In Depth, we lay out that case. 

Guest: Chris Miller, professor of history, Tufts University | author, "Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology"

Host: Keith Menconi