An aerial view of quartz mines in Spruce Pine, N.C., as taken from a plane on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Photo: AP One of the two companies that manufacture high-purity quartz used for making ...

Global semiconductor makers are monitoring supplies of high-purity quartz, a material critical to the industry, after Hurricane Helene halted production at two North Carolina mines that produce most ...

The small mining town of Spruce Pine contains the world’s purest quartz — a critical ingredient in the chipmaking process. The small mining town of Spruce Pine contains the world’s purest quartz — a ...

Read More: How Hurricane Helene Jolted the Global Chip Industry: QuickTake North Carolina quartz miners Sibelco and Quartz Corp. both suspended operations on Sept. 26 and said it’s too early to say ...

Spruce Pine, a town in rural North Carolina slammed by Hurricane Helene, plays a critical part in the chip-making supply chain. But fears about a serious disruption to global chipmaking following the ...

Exciting news has emerged from Intel, as reports indicate that the tech giant is gearing up to release the highly anticipated Granite Rapids-D peripheral chip in 2024. According to foreign technology ...

Few electronic components have stood the test of time better than the quartz-crystal oscillator or resonator. But researchers continue to search for a quartz replacement because the components don’t ...

A reader emailed me with a question this week, concerning a chip he encountered in his granite top. He said he accidentally hit the edge of his counter with a coffee mug and chipped the counters edge, ...