{"id":111565,"date":"2026-05-13T10:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/111565\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:01:35","slug":"how-the-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-is-disrupting-global-chip-supply-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/111565\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Strait of Hormuz Blockade Is Disrupting Global Chip Supply Chains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ArticleBodyText_articleBodyContent__17wqE typography_articleBody___5jDr\" data-component=\"paragraph\">Asian chipmakers, including giants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/quote\/2330:TT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/quote\/005930:KS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">Samsung Electronics Co.<\/a>, are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2026-05-06\/hormuz-crisis-shows-gaps-in-taiwan-s-high-tech-silicon-shield\" title=\"Hormuz Crisis Shows Gaps in Taiwan\u2019s High-Tech \u2018Silicon Shield\u2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">facing disruptions<\/a> to their supplies of oil and other essential commodities as a result of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The companies are preparing contingencies to mitigate the impact should conflict in the Middle East drag on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleBodyText_articleBodyContent__17wqE typography_articleBody___5jDr\" data-component=\"paragraph\">A range of commodities used to make chips, including a fifth of the world\u2019s liquefied natural gas, pass through the strait. Each passing week that the vital passage remains closed heightens the risk of a halt in the global semiconductor supply chain. Microchips are essential for products ranging from smartphones and cars to missiles and artificial intelligence services. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asian chipmakers, including giants Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Samsung Electronics Co., are facing disruptions to their supplies&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[488,328,2033,44,3199,102,2038,3190,49,18358,22316,22317,106,101,38580],"class_list":["post-111565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-strait-of-hormuz","tag-asia","tag-business","tag-energy-supply","tag-explainer","tag-generic-1st-cl-future","tag-hormuz","tag-imports","tag-industries","tag-middle-east","tag-raw-materials","tag-samsung-electronics-co-ltd","tag-sk-hynix-inc","tag-south-korea","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-taiwan-semiconductor-manufac"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116566693285073596","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}