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The Costs of Making a DRAM Chip

Posted by michael on from the paying-the-price dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Researchers at the United Nations University in Tokyo studied the physical and environmental costs to produce one 32-megabyte DRAM chip. Their conclusion? The UNU team found that to make every one of the millions manufactured each year requires 32 kg of water, 1.6 kg of fossil fuels, 700 grams of elemental gases (mainly nitrogen), and 72 grams of chemicals (hundreds are used, including lethal arsine gas and corrosive hydrogen fluoride)."

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  1. What this means by MImeKillEr · · Score: 0, Troll

    is bascially "don't chew on that DRAM module".

    This PSA brought to you by MImeKillEr.

    We now return you to your regularly-scheduled programming....

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    Cruising the internet on my TI-99/4A @ a whopping 300 baud!
  2. Put another way, it requires......... by Ride-My-Rocket · · Score: 0, Troll

    700 grams of gases, 72 grams of chemical, 32kg of water, 1.6kg of fossil fuels...... and a par-tridge in a pear treeeee!

  3. Re:Environmentally Abusive? by zulux · · Score: 0, Troll

    Hey, Mr. Cheney! I didn't know you had a Slashdot account!

    The best thing about being Mr. Cheney, is that after CmdrTaco bitch-slaped my account for my popular "Yes! War for Oil!" post, I had the Secret Service go over and leave their "Secret Sauce" in his anus. The hard way.

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    Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.