Spruce Pine
Town in North Carolina, United States.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Things I’ve Learned Writing Construction Physics | Brian Potter | subject | Item 27 identifies Spruce Pine as the source of most high-purity quartz, a bottleneck in semiconductor manufacturing. |
50 Things I’ve Learned Writing Construction Physics — Brian Potter (2025)
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most of which comes from a single town in North Carolina: Spruce Pine. Chip manufacturing could probably absorb the costs of switching to non-Spruce Pine quartz, but this would be much harder for solar PV manufacturing.
- Role: subject
- In the article: Item 27 identifies Spruce Pine as the source of most high-purity quartz, a bottleneck in semiconductor manufacturing. It says chipmakers could absorb switching costs but solar PV manufacturing could not.
- Why it matters: One item among 50; a single supply-chokepoint town.