Microchips: The Oil of the 21st Century Part 5 will be available soon. Microchips: The Oil of the 21st Century Part 5 will be available soon. Published on December 25, 2025, at 8:00 pm (Paris), updated yesterday at 11:00 am Subscribers only In Depth'Microchips: The Oil of the 21st Century' (3/5). When the Chips Act, the plan by the 27 European Union member states to reduce their dependence on the US and China for semiconductors, came i...