RIYADH: The world of AI-generated videos created in seconds via smartphone apps may seem far removed from the ongoing conflicts in the Arabian Gulf’s shipping lanes, yet the two are closely interconnected.
The foundations of the global technology industry depend heavily on the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, as the US government pledged on March 3 to protect maritime navigation threatened by Iran’s response to strikes carried out by the US and Israel over the weekend.
Global chips rely on Gulf gas
More than half of the world’s DRAM and NAND memory chips, which provide electronic devices with short-term and long-term storage memory, are manufactured in South Korea.
Around 70 percent of advanced processing chips used in smartphones, computers and data centers are produced in Taiwan. Both countries are among the largest importers of liquefied natural gas from Qatar.
