Christopher Mims on Nostr: One thing to note: The WIRED article in my previous post about what's going on with ...

One thing to note: The WIRED article in my previous post about what's going on with Helene and global microchips supplies gets one major thing wrong -- it implies that quartz from this mine goes into microchips, rather than being a part of their manufacture.

You're sure to see dozens of outlets repeat this mistake in the coming days and months. For the real reason the mine in NC matters, you have to look to this book excerpt from 2018, by Vince Beiser.

https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-science-of-ultra-pure-silicon/