TSMC, Samsung, other major chip makers monitor quartz supply after hurricane shut mines

SCMP | Oct. 3, 2024, 4:12 a.m. | Original
Hurricane Helene halted production at two US mines that produce most of the world’s supply of high-purity quartz, a material critical to making semiconductors.
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