Supply Chain War
With Chris Miller (NYT Best-Selling Author of Chip War)
Exiger's Kit Conklin catches up with Chris Miller (NYT best-selling author of Chip War) about the evolving landscape of AI, semiconductor supply chains, and US-China tech competition, highlighting security risks, policy challenges, and future trends.
Companies may know their direct suppliers, but not the dependencies behind them. Those dependencies may sit in chips, minerals, software, sensors, data flows, data centers, or sub-tier suppliers that are difficult to replace when access changes.
“Supply chains have been weaponized by all of these countries to achieve their goals.”
The Conversation
In the first episode of Exiger Exchange, Kit Conklin speaks with Chris Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Chip War, about the supply chain risks behind AI, semiconductors, connected vehicles, critical minerals, data centers, and export controls. The conversation examines why companies need deeper visibility into the suppliers, components, materials, data flows, and compute infrastructure their operations depend on.
Kit Conklin
Chief Strategy & Global Affairs Officer, Exiger
Kit Conklin is a seasoned expert in technology, policy, and national security. He served as a Senior Advisor to the U.S. House Select Committee on China and is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council.
Chris Miller
New York Times Best-Selling Author & Professor
Chris Miller is author of “Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology”, a professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Where Supply Chain Pressure Could Surface
Chips and AI Infrastructure
Advanced chips, data centers, compute access, and AI systems are central to U.S.–China technology competition.
Critical Minerals and Rare Earths
Export controls and concentrated production can affect automotive, electronics, defense, and energy supply chains.
Chemicals and Electronics
Governments are studying inputs that may appear several tiers below finished products but still determine production continuity.
Smart Vehicles and Sensor Data
Connected vehicles introduce supply chain, software, communications, and data governance concerns that extend beyond traditional manufacturing risk.
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