{"id":150231,"date":"2026-04-23T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150231"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:00:08","slug":"asias-chipmakers-feel-the-heat-as-naphtha-crunch-hits-photoresist-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150231","title":{"rendered":"Asia\u2019s chipmakers feel the heat as naphtha crunch hits photoresist supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostThe distant geopolitical conflict in the Middle East is sending shock waves through Asia\u2019s semiconductor industry, exposing fresh vulnerabilities in the supply chain as shortages of photoresist \u2013 a critical chipmaking material \u2013 emerge as the latest weak link.<br \/>\nWith the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed since early March, supplies of naphtha \u2013 a key feedstock for specialty chemicals used in semiconductor production including photoresist \u2013 have been sharply curtailed.<br \/>\nProduced during the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3351192\/asias-chipmakers-feel-heat-naphtha-crunch-hits-photoresist-supply?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostThe distant geopolitical conflict in the Middle East is sending shock waves through Asia\u2019s semiconductor industry, exposing fresh vulnerabilities in the supply chain as&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150231"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=150231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150231\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}