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To: 4C who wrote (33255)2/18/2007 6:01:02 PM
From: LoneClone  Respond to of 78412
 
I recall reading a year ago about the looming silicon supply crisis but I never got around to following it up. I assume it looms even more a year later.

LC



To: 4C who wrote (33255)2/18/2007 6:27:14 PM
From: E. Charters  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 78412
 
It is the purity of the quartz that is the issue, too.

Very pure quartz exists in some CDN veins I have run into.

Electronics grade silicon is worth a dollar a lb.