Helene took out an N.C. town the entire tech world relies on axios.com 2 points by zirkuswurstikus 5 hours ago
mylastattempt 5 hours ago tl;dr the town has two large mines that supply a lot of high quality Quartz, used somewhere in the process of (computer)chip productionThere are other locations within the US, as well as Norway Brazil and Russia, that can supply similar qualityKind of an expected temporary supply chain disturbance by Helene, but I expect things to normalize within a few weeks to two months tops.
tl;dr the town has two large mines that supply a lot of high quality Quartz, used somewhere in the process of (computer)chip production
There are other locations within the US, as well as Norway Brazil and Russia, that can supply similar quality
Kind of an expected temporary supply chain disturbance by Helene, but I expect things to normalize within a few weeks to two months tops.