The US is the bottleneck of the tech world, as almost all of the ultra high quality quartz in the world used to make silicon comes from one quarts mine in Spruce Pine, NC. If only there was some way to properly weaponize this bottleneck - Kotaku In Action 2

The US is the bottleneck of the tech world, as almost all of the ultra high quality quartz in the world used to make silicon comes from one quarts mine in Spruce Pine, NC. If only there was some way to properly weaponize this bottleneck (youtu.be)

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– Kaarous 9 points 65 days ago +9 / -0

To be clear, quartz is not just used in one application of chip fabrication either. The video portrays it as just for ingots, but while it is essential for ingots it's needed for way more besides.

It's used in photolithography(for most of the substrates of a chip too, so multiple layers), diffusion, crucibilization, and more. It is absolutely essential for chip making and without it the entire concept of microchips dissolves.

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