▲ 191 ▼ How the Iran war could derail the AI boom (www.ft.com) submitted 6 months ago* by staircase@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 33 comments fedilink hide all child comments Samsung, SK Hynix, and TSMC depend on oil, gas, helium, sulphur, and bromine coming from the region, or through the Strait of Hormuz. Marko Papic, chief strategist at BCA Research ... predicts a severe hit to chip production if the strait isn’t back in operation within a month. Could mean higher PC component prices, or even a halt in production. Could mean global recession.
[–] tomiant@piefed.social 0 points 6 months ago Everyone has a self destruct button these days it feels like. permalink fedilink source parent