> It’s better for the longevity of the components to be shielded

Can you say more about this?

I tried to find sources to verify and it wasn’t as easy as I thought.

I just assumed that shielding your components from EMI would shield them from voltage spikes due to EMI.

It does shield you from bit flips due to EMI.

Reverse voltages from stray fields can definitely kill a gate.

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		Sure. But but there's a difference between not walking across a carpet with them on a dry day and in situ shielding to prevent EMI.