Today software is overtaking hardware and there is a problem of supplying microchips and raw materials, a debate “difficult to communicate because it touches on very horizontal issues” which require great skills and which touch on “very big problems of geopolitical situations”. It was revealed by Marco Re, professor of Computer Science at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, opening today the brainstorming “Strategic considerations for the integrated circuits supply chain”, one of the events promoted for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the great University of the Capital. . “This brings to mind, for example, the neon – used in ultraviolet ultraviolet lithography equipment – which is located in Ukraine, a country that is currently under heavy attack” commented Marco Re during the debate that also saw Domenico Rossi, Vice-President talking. Research and Development St Microelectronics, and Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli, professor at the University of Berkley. Also with this debate, the celebrations for the 40th anniversary of the great Athenaeum of the Capital came to life at the end of October, precisely on the occasion of the anniversary of the opening of the first academic year in 1982 of the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’ with a great demonstration lasting five days. Today’s comparison “Strategic considerations for the integrated circuit supply chain” has also lit a light on the growth of the semiconductor market due to the constant increase in the use of these components in electronic systems, from special applications to automotive and medicine, makes this sector fundamental for the world economy. As important is the sector as the current supply chain for the production of modern integrated circuits is as fragile “it was emphasized. The supply chain, it was also discussed,” is extremely geographically distributed and this makes it sensitive to political instability “and” the production of integrated circuits is based on software equipment and tools produced by a few multinationals and the materials necessary for the production process are often available in a few parts of the world. “The fragility of this sector does not depend only on the delicacy of the related logistics chain ( supply chain) but also from the ‘shortage of minds’, i.e. the lack of engineers who can design integrated circuits, was another passage in the discussion opened by professor Marco Re and coordinated by Massimo Sideri, columnist for Corriere della Sera.