Saturday December 24, 2005

Chip Industry Wastes Energy & Money : Vendors

peakoil.com -> informationweek.com :

The global semiconductor industry could save itself nearly $500 million per year in energy costs — or enough electricity to power a small city — and do something for the planet at the same time, according to the International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative.

ISMI is an alliance of leading international chip companies that for the past eight years has sought to reduce the semiconductor industry's energy consumption. The group said that if the entire chip industry would incorporate all of its energy reduction best practices, the total annual savings would amount to 4.8 billion kilowatt hours per year, which amounts to an estimated $480 million, or enough power for 177,000 homes.

ISMI's proposed energy-conversion measures are: cleanroom airflow reduction reducing ultrapure water consumption and changing to higher-efficiency electrical motors. "Energy reduction is a rich source of cost savings for chip makers, but it often gets lost amid other concerns over fab productivity and equipment issues," ISMI Director Scott Kramer said in a statement. "Only a few fabs in the world accurately measure their energy consumption, and so progress is usually hard to measure in most factories."

See also :

1. The need for a more powerful/energy efficient internet (via peakoil.com)
2. Sun Microsystems launches "eco-processor"

(2005-12-24 23:07:25 SGT) [Energy] Permalink

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