By Brian O’Connell Russia and Ukraine each produce substantial amounts of materials needed to manufacture computer chips. The benchmark PHLX Index (SOX) began the holiday-shortened week at 3,384 before sliding on Tuesday after Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ordered troops into Ukraine. “The alarming prospect of war on the European continent — in what would be the largest scale conflict since the Yugoslav wars — has roiled the markets,” wrote Real Money’s Kevin Curran recently. “Meanwhile, there’s been an overlooked potential casualty that would have come with a Russian invasion of Ukraine -…