misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agoThe dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countriesenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkThe dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countriesenglish.elpais.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 hours agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareleisesprecherlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·3 hours 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-up10·3 hours 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.