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Hurricane Helene Will Send Shockwaves Through the Semiconductor Industry


Downpours at Spruce Pine, North Carolina have taken the biggest known deposit of high-purity quartz offline, leaving the global tech supply chain potentially starved of an ingredient vital for making microchips.

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