Functionality Versus “Typical Product” Measures of Technological Progress A Case Study of Semiconductor Manufacturing

• Published in: Journal of industrial ecology Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 108 - 121
• Main Authors: Deng, Liqiu, Williams, Eric D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Haven Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2011
• Subjects: Case studies; Energy consumption; Environmental management; Product life cycle; Semiconductors; Studies; Transistors; Trends

Technological progress and adoption are fundamentally interconnected with environmental challenges faced by society. At the product level, researchers often explore the interplay between technological change and the environment by tracking trends in impacts per unit functionality - for example, gaso...