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Semiconductor chips

How Russia's invasion of Ukraine is delaying shipments of a key chipmaking tool

by Stephanie Hughes
Mar 8, 2022
About 90% of chips are created with lasers that require neon gas. Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of the element.
Lasers using neon gas etch circuit patterns on silicon wafers to make computer chips, like the ones above. Russia and Ukraine are major exporters of neon.
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Looking for a gift for the video gamer in your family? Good luck.

by Savannah Maher
Dec 9, 2021
There's a gaming console shortage thanks to the computer chip shortage and high pandemic demand.
The video game industry experienced a boom during the pandemic.
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What's behind the chip shortage?

by Marielle Segarra
Sep 17, 2021
Shortages happen when demand is greater than supply. When it comes to computer chips, there are problems on both sides of that equation.
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The chip shortage is hitting just about anything with a plug or battery

by Samantha Fields
May 19, 2021
The list includes refrigerators, video doorbells, light bulbs you can turn on with your phone and even lower-tech things like kids’ toys.
Semiconductor chips go in everything from cars to children's toys.
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