every week i learn a new fact that makes the IC supply chain seem more ridiculous

every week i learn a new fact that makes the IC supply chain seem more ridiculous
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/the-worlds-semiconductor-industry-hinges-on-a-quartz-factory-in-north-carolina

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The whole industry can take you down a wild 🐇 🕳️. ASML (EUV lasers) is another crazy bottleneck. My fav fun fact is that our current world economic order could be entirely different if Texas Instruments had not passed up on Morris Chang as CEO.