The chip design software market is an oligopoly with three companies controlling chip design tools, and these three companies have an oligopolistic position where you simply cannot design an advanced chip without buying software from each of these three companies.

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Chris Miller

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it will be designed using software produced by three companies that specialize in chip design, all of which are based in the United States. And these three companies have basically oligopolistic position on chip design. You simply cannot design an advanced chip without buying software from each of these three companies.

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Professor Chris Miller - “Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology”MIT Security Studies Program
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:42:53 AM

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