Cars, manufacturing, microwaves, washer\dryer, dishwasher, cellphones/tablets, anything wireless. There are more non crypto/AI products than not.
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leisesprecher@feddit.org 2 weeks agoWhat exactly do you think these chips are used for?
Because it’s often enough AI, crypto and bullshit IoT.
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Phones, laptops, PC components, data centers, cars, planes, trains, satelites, medical laborarory equipments, factory controller, and many more!
Bassman1805@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
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.
leisesprecher@feddit.org 2 weeks 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.
Bassman1805@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Even a non-IoT electronic device still runs on many different chips.