misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoThe dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countriesenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down118file-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkThe dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countriesenglish.elpais.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down32·17 days agoAnd that’s mostly the “bullshit IoT” category. It’s not like the demand for phones and laptops exploded in the last years, it’s IoT, AI and other useless crap - regardless of the process node.
minus-squareBassman1805@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·17 days agoEven a non-IoT electronic device still runs on many different chips.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-215 days agoExactly, such as: medical devices electrical distribution internet providers Basically, if it does something useful, there’s probably a ton of chips involved.
And that’s mostly the “bullshit IoT” category. It’s not like the demand for phones and laptops exploded in the last years, it’s IoT, AI and other useless crap - regardless of the process node.
Even a non-IoT electronic device still runs on many different chips.
Exactly, such as:
Basically, if it does something useful, there’s probably a ton of chips involved.