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Doesn't chip fabrication require massive amounts of water?
by AniseAbyss 6y ago
Doesn't chip fabrication require massive amounts of water?
- Zigurd 6y agoChip fabs ultra-purify water for rinsing wafers. They can reduce water use by doing more dry processes instead of rinsing with water. They can also recycle rinse water, which can have fewer contaminants than the municipal water feed. The water has to be almost perfectly pure. New plants will probably be state of the art in minimizing water use.
- Dirlewanger 6y agoThey'll let Arizona's state government handle that one, so that if water shortages arise, Intel can point to the government for bottlenecking them.