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Is measuring in kilograms a good way to think about this? How many kilograms of chips does my phone have?
by ahigherugliness 7y ago
Is measuring in kilograms a good way to think about this? How many kilograms of chips does my phone have?
- dredmorbius 7y agoIt normalises the metric across all levels of production. Scale according to use. A 5" iPhone weighs 138g. Much of that is probably battery, display, and case, so chips are on the order of 10% or less of the total. I'd estimate at <10g. The core processor is the A10 Fusion SoC, 125mm^2, probably a few mm thick. Silicon has a density of 2.3290 g/cm^3. That adds up to about 20-30g, depending on thickness, though I'm not sure of the density or thickness of a silicon wafer. I suspect actual mass is less.