A talent shortage is challenging South Korea’s chipmaking industry. Chipmakers including Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have urged the country’s new government to pay attention to the issue that could dent their future competitiveness.

Global supply of projectors has been far short of demand because semiconductor components are in serious shortage and the FIFA World Cup 2022 to be held in Qatar in November-December is expected to sharply push up global demand for projectors, according to Victor Chien, president for Acer’s Digital Display Business.

The year 2022 looks poised to become a breakthrough year for quantum computer hardware. But Taiwan, where half of the world’s chips are manufactured, is ironically lagging far behind competitors because its semiconductor industry is too successful.