2 ms·
Packing rectangular chips onto circles has waste, but that waste cannot be recycled. It has been processed through a lot of different steps that contaminate it
by pclmulqdq 2y ago
Packing rectangular chips onto circles has waste, but that waste cannot be recycled. It has been processed through a lot of different steps that contaminate it. I'm not sure if it gets recycled, but it's going to be a lot harder to recycle than large chunks of pure silicon.
- jagged-chisel 2y agoAh, makes sense. I hadn’t even considered the process of etching the chips. Pretty high contaminant-to-silicon ratio for sure. Thanks for answering!