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The dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countries (english.elpais.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Even a non-IoT electronic device still runs on many different chips.

[โ€“] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Exactly, such as:

  • medical devices
  • electrical distribution
  • internet providers

Basically, if it does something useful, there's probably a ton of chips involved.