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143. Lovelace vs RDNA 3 Ray Tracing, Future DLSS, Ukraine War, FPGA | Govt Engineer

Broken Silicon

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How Much Rare Earth Metals Do You Need to Build a Chip?

i'm not aware, at least i don't track, like, d supplies are there out there for wafers and stuff. The lithography process itself can be pretty complex in terms of the chemistry involved. Ye, you need rare earth metals to make them as compact and as performant as the consumer expects them to be. E, so if you sude don't have access to those, that's like, can you even build, you know, iphone any more?

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