sources: - https://www.wsj.com/articles/chips-semiconductors-manufacturing-china-taiwan-11673650917
Materials needed:
Purified Neon Gas
Used in lasers for etching silicon wafers.
Acquired as a byproduct of the steel industry.
Tungsten
Transformed into tungsten hexaflouride and used to build parts of transistors.
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