View from Washington: Fasten your seatbelt
Journal: Engineering & Technology
Year: 2022

The chip shortage will potentially be with us for a good while longer. The invasion of Ukraine has again drawn attention to global semiconductor shortages. The country is largest supplier of the high-grade neon used in lasers for chipmaking. Its two main companies are believed to have closed their factories: Ingas in Mariupol and Cryoin Engineering in Odesa. There are conflicting reports as to how quickly neon shortages could become another headache for fab operators. Peter Hanbury, a partner wi