The hurricane exposed the vulnerable underbelly of the global chip industry.
  • jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
    51·
    3 months ago

    By some estimates, Spruce Pine accounted for 70 percent of the high-purity quartz needed to produce the pure silicon used to make most advanced chips

    I don’t think anyone was thinking a mine’s slowdown would kill their current phone lol

    • stoy
      8·
      3 months ago

      Fair, I just woke up and was very annoyed at the clickbait title.

      I guess I was wrong