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Space radiation > semiconductor chips
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In doing so, they knock around atoms and potentially shift the chips' crystal lattice. This leaves behind vacancy defects - a missing atom in the lattice - or interstitial defects - an additional atom in the lattice. This can cause the chip to degrade in performance and eventually fail.

“In doing so, they knock around atoms and potentially shift the chips' crystal lattice. This leaves behind vacancy defects - a missing atom in the lattice - or interstitial defects - an additional atom in the lattice. This can cause the chip to degrade in performance and eventually fail.”