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Re:Google’s problems are bigger than just the antitrust case by pfdietz on Thursday July 30, 2020 @01:11PM (#24000588)
You need rare earth elements to make chips? Name one. And it had better be a rare earth, not something that is just rare and comes from the Earth.

(slight amounts of REEs are used in amplifiers in optical fibers, and also in permanent magnets, but those aren't what you were talking about)

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Re:Google’s problems are bigger than just the antitrust case by sabujp on Thursday July 30, 2020 @11:14PM (#24005291)
https://semiengineering.com/more-rare-earth-rumblings/#:~:te....
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Re:Google’s problems are bigger than just the antitrust case by pfdietz on Friday July 31, 2020 @08:23AM (#24007950)
Nowhere does that say that REEs are used in chips.
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