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The dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countries (english.elpais.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Exactly, such as:

  • medical devices
  • electrical distribution
  • internet providers

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