• leisesprecher@feddit.org
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    4 hours ago

    What exactly do you think these chips are used for?

    Because it’s often enough AI, crypto and bullshit IoT.

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      Phones, laptops, PC components, data centers, cars, planes, trains, satelites, medical laborarory equipments, factory controllers, and many more!

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      3 hours ago

      Cars, manufacturing, microwaves, washer\dryer, dishwasher, cellphones/tablets, anything wireless. There are more non crypto/AI products than not.

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      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.

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        3 hours ago

        And that’s mostly the “bullshit IoT” category. It’s not like the demand for phones and laptops exploded in the last years, it’s IoT, AI and other useless crap - regardless of the process node.

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      There are people who want AI, crypto, and IoT things. If there weren’t then there’d be no money to be made in selling it.