Thursday, 7. November 2002
Topic: - on November 7, 2002 at 12:24:37 PM CET
Tiny chips weigh heavily on environment
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A microchip's energy and material requirements stand out in comparison with those for an automobile. The study notes that one passenger car needs about 3,300 pounds of fossil fuel. Although that's far greater than what’s needed for a microchip, the study says that the ratio of the manufacturing phase's fossil fuel and chemical inputs to the weight of the final product is about 2-to-1 for a car, but 630-to-1 for a microchip.
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