THE PEOPLE'S PROCESSOR

摘要

Imagine that your nation is entirely dependent on a belligerent and economically unstable foreign country for a precious commodity. Imagine that without that commodity, your entire society would grind to a halt. Got it? OK, now imagine that your nation is China, the belligerent nation is the US, and the commodity is CPUs.rnFor China to maintain its blistering pace of growth-about 8 percent over the course of the global financial meltdown-the nation's leaders know they must transition to a postindustrial economy as rapidly as they transitioned to a free-market economy 30 years ago. Computers are key to doing that. The country's demand for PCs is enormous. The Chinese purchased 39.6 million of them in 2008.