Without getting too far into politics expect chip prices to stay high, with middling performance increases for the next 5-10 years as globalization falls apart.
80% of global neon supply came from the massive build up Gorbachev ordered in reaction to Reagan's Star Wars smoke & mirrors campaign. Neon was to be used as a focus for massive space laser arrays, but it's now used in the lasers that etch the microprocessors. All that infrastructure was centered in the city of Mariupol, and is now a pile of rubble.
It gets worse, the remaining 20% is produced in China, who is obviously getting a bit testy with our efforts to shut them out of the semiconductor industry.
The industrial capacity to make our own neon will take a minimum of 5 years to build. And that is just one component of hundreds of supply chain links that are breaking down as the US no longer has the capacity, much less the willpower to protect global shipping. Between weapons manufacturing, cars, smart phones, AI, and all the other things our society needs recreational videogames are very low on the list of priorities for a long time. High prices for little advancement.
If you want a YouTube rabbit hole to fall down check out Peter Zeihan. The man knows his shit about geo politics.
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