BARCELONA: The tech industry is playing down fears of widespread raw materials shortages as a result of the war in Ukraine, after reports that chipmakers would face a severe crunch. Russia and Ukraine are key suppliers of neon, a gas used in the lasers that etch microscopic patterns on to tiny slivers of silicon. Russia also supplies palladium, which has several uses in electronic components. The sector has already been hit hard by a shortage of components for chipmaking, blamed on a boom in glo
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2022-03-03 00:00:00.0