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front line in the global chip war. >> here we go. >> reporter: intel is one of the biggest chipmakers in the world. inside this organ fabrication plant, yellow light protects the millions of chips or semiconductors that powered nearly all of the tech that we use. inside each one of those boxes, 25 silicon wafers, they travel around this factory, running about 200 miles over 3-6 months, going through thousands of steps before they are officially a semiconductor. ceo pat gelsinger says intel is accelerating production to satisfy massive demand. >> every aspect of human existence is dependent more and more on what we do with semiconductors. >> reporter: is a matter of national security, too. for example, if china were to ever invade taiwan and block chips made on the island, the global financial impact could be more than $1 trillion. that puts intel under tremendous pressure, especially after the biden administration award of the company $8.5 billion from the chips act to build more