{"ontology":"https://layer.re/machine/schema.json","epistemic_model":"evidence-backed-temporal-layer-graph","canonical":true,"type":"layer_history","layer":{"id":"layer-chips","slug":"chips","name":"Chips","description":"Semiconductor design, manufacture and ecosystems.","machine_description":"Semiconductor design, manufacture and ecosystems.","active":1},"snapshots":[{"id":"state-chips-2022q1","layer_id":"layer-chips","as_of":"2022-03-31 23:59:59.000","summary":"Semiconductors were simultaneously becoming more AI-specialized and more strategically governed: H100 targeted transformer workloads while the EU and U.S. treated chip access and supply as strategic policy concerns.","dependencies":["layer-manufacturing","layer-software","layer-networks","layer-governance","layer-geopolitics"],"constraints":["supply concentration","manufacturing capacity","export controls","availability lag from announcement to deployment"],"emerging_capabilities":["transformer-specific 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