Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-week clock

Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by rationalist on Friday March 13, 2026 @09:17PM (#47372267)

It sounds like it won't affect prices that much?

> South Korean memory giant SK hynix has since said it had diversified supplies for helium and secured sufficient inventory. Meanwhile, TSMC said that it doesn’t currently anticipate a notable impact following Ras Laffan going offline, but that it’s monitoring the situation.

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by Cyph0n on Friday March 13, 2026 @11:51PM (#47373172)

It also just be the typical “don’t scare the shareholders just yet” PR speak. Time will tell.

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Re:Qatar helium shutdown puts chip supply chain on a two-wee... by xphos on Saturday March 14, 2026 @04:08PM (#47380640)

I mean you are talking about 30% of the world supply I don't think you can spin up the amount of equipment need to replace that in a few weeks.

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