03 / Module · Timeline
The Silicon Lattice — Chronology
1987 – Present. Pivotal moments unfold as a narrative arc with branching consequence.
Impact · pivotal
2024
AI compute supercycle
NVIDIA briefly the most valuable company on Earth. Wafer starts become geopolitics.
Branching Consequence
- ↳ Strategic alignment of allied powers shifts.
- ↳ New supply dependencies emerge downstream.
- ↳ Adversaries accelerate sovereign capability programs.
Counterfactual
If this moment had been delayed by a decade, the resulting industrial geography would be unrecognizable today.
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