An employee works in the chip manufacturing process at a clean room of the Barcelona Institute for Microelectronics (IMB-CNM) in Bellaterra, near Barcelona, on March 3, 2022. - The Institute of Microelectronics of Barcelona (IMB-CNM) is the largest institute in Spain dedicated to the research and development of Micro and Nano Technology (MNTs) and microsystems, and with unique capacities of silicon semiconductor technology. It belongs to the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) since its foundation in 1985. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP)