Helium shortage due to war in west Asia causing wafer shortage

[MT]

[Bud]

No more quantum computers for you ! 

[5U4GB]

Is this actually authoritative or just, as Linus once put it, "some guy wanking around with his opinions"?  I mean, the tech descriptions seem accurate, but what about the projections of where this will lead?

[tszaboo]

Sure, and unfortunately Elon Musk bought all our CPU's for robots so we have to increase the prices.
And there was a flooding... outside the building, so we have to increase the prices.
And and and... There is a bad phase of the moon, so price hike.

[5U4GB]

Sure, and unfortunately Elon Musk bought all our CPU's for robots so we have to increase the prices.
And there was a flooding... outside the building, so we have to increase the prices.
And and and... There is a bad phase of the moon, so price hike.

Wrong kind of snow on the tracks, price hike.

[madires]

Qatar exports about 52 million m³ He per year which is about 40 % of the global trade volume for He. MRIs (about 1 m³ He each) will be impacted too.

[Jeroen3]

Qatar exports about 52 million m³ He per year which is about 40 % of the global trade volume for He. MRIs (about 1 m³ He each) will be impacted too.

That happened before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis