misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoThe dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countriesenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countriesenglish.elpais.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoIn contrast to stuff like AI training or crypto, chips at least fulfill an actually useful function, so I don’t see the issue with their manufacturing consuming a lot of energy. Or should we compare the same for cars or medicine?
minus-squareCosmoNova@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoRight? I was just thinking that entire countries run on chips so it sort of sounds about right at least.
In contrast to stuff like AI training or crypto, chips at least fulfill an actually useful function, so I don’t see the issue with their manufacturing consuming a lot of energy. Or should we compare the same for cars or medicine?
Right? I was just thinking that entire countries run on chips so it sort of sounds about right at least.