According to your linked article its main use is silicon crucibles - which are required to make the source material for ICs and solar panels.
But solar panel prices continue to drop rapidly, and quite a few silicon-based semiconductors are still widely available at low prices.
The chip shortage is a direct result of a covid-induced demand shift. Manufacturers of cars and consumer electronics seriously mispredicted consumer demand. The resulting mass-cancellation followed by mass-ordering resulted in a demand shockwave for mature microcontrollers, which manufacturers were unable to absorb with existing stock. Due to plant shutdowns and the general multi-month production time, immediate replenishment is not possible. The resulting shortages in turn made downstream manufacturers switch from JIT to hoarding, which made the problem even worse. Microcontroller manufacturers in turn aren't able to adjust supply because fabs are really difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to build.
Nothing about this has anything to do with quartz.
But solar panel prices continue to drop rapidly, and quite a few silicon-based semiconductors are still widely available at low prices.
The chip shortage is a direct result of a covid-induced demand shift. Manufacturers of cars and consumer electronics seriously mispredicted consumer demand. The resulting mass-cancellation followed by mass-ordering resulted in a demand shockwave for mature microcontrollers, which manufacturers were unable to absorb with existing stock. Due to plant shutdowns and the general multi-month production time, immediate replenishment is not possible. The resulting shortages in turn made downstream manufacturers switch from JIT to hoarding, which made the problem even worse. Microcontroller manufacturers in turn aren't able to adjust supply because fabs are really difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to build.
Nothing about this has anything to do with quartz.