misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoThe dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countriesenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkThe dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countriesenglish.elpais.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareleisesprecher@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down30·2 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-up17arrow-down1·2 days agoEven a non-IoT electronic device still runs on many different chips.
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.