@60minutes: 60 Minutes’ Jon Wertheim suited up in two masks, two pairs of booties and two pairs of gloves to enter an ultra-sterile area where semiconductors are made. Helium, which is in short supply due to the war with Iran, is vital to the operation. “Almost 40%, 50% of the machines in this factory would have helium in some way or the other in the machine… Hundreds of steps in the process involve helium,” says Surya Iyer, president and COO of Polar Semiconductors, a chip manufacturer. #helium #semiconductor

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Monday 19 October 2026 01:13:57 GMT