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The dead end of chips: Manufacturing semiconductors consumes as much energy as entire countries (english.elpais.com)
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[–] Bassman1805 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The vast, vast majority of chips produced are "old generation" chips used for relatively mundane purposes. The high-tech stuff you see in the news is a minority (though it's pricey enough that it doesn't look that way in company earnings reports).

Think power supplies, middle-of-the-road CPUs, ASICs for common I/O like USB and ethernet, timing devices, and wireless communication modules.